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Fish below, little Florence above (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

flounder

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

'below little florence above' is the wordplay.
'below' becomes 'under' (synonyms).
'little florence' becomes 'flo' (I am not sure about the 'little' bit.).
'above' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters go above others).
'under' put after 'flo' is 'FLOUNDER'.

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(Other definitions for flounder that I've seen before include "small swimmer" , "Be out of one's depth" , "Thrash about helplessly around the fish" , "fumble?" , "Grope around" .)

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