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Fish bite and people expect results, initially (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

snapper

'fish' is the definition.
(snapper is a kind of fish)

'bite and people expect results initially' is the wordplay.
'bite' becomes 'snap' (I've seen this before**).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'initially' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letters of 'people expect results' is 'per'.
'snap'+'per'='SNAPPER'

(Other definitions for snapper that I've seen before include "Fish; photographer" , "Person photographing" , "sharp-toothed fish" , "Fish; marine turtle" , "(Often red) food fish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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