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Fish, after swallowing maiden, left people alone mostly (3,6)

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I believe the answer is:

red salmon

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'fish' is the definition.
(I know that red salmon is a type of fish)

'swallowing maiden left people alone mostly' is the wordplay.
'swallowing' indicates putting letters inside.
'maiden' becomes 'm' (cricket abbreviation).
'left people' becomes 'reds' (red is a kind of person. I am not sure about the 'left' bit.).
'mostly' means to remove the last letter.
'alone' with its last letter taken away is 'alon'.
'reds'+'alon'='redsalon'
'm' put inside 'redsalon' is 'RED SALMON'.

'after' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for red salmon that I've seen before include "Sockeye" , "fish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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