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Fish eater ordered plaice with starter of nachos (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pelican

'fish eater' is the definition.

'ordered plaice with starter of nachos' is the wordplay.
'ordered' indicates anagramming the letters.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'starter of' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'nachos' is 'n'.
'plaice' is an anagram of 'pelica'.
'pelica'+'n'='PELICAN'

(Other definitions for pelican that I've seen before include "One presenting big bill" , "Large bird with pouch in bill for storing fish" , "Tropical bird" , "Bird with large pouched beak" , "Does its beak hold more that its belly can?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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