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Fish fingers with no starter (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eels

'fish' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'fingers with no starter' is the wordplay.
'fingers' becomes 'feels' ('feel' can be a synonym of 'finger').
'with no starter' means to remove the first letter.
'feels' with its first letter removed is 'EELS'.

(Other definitions for eels that I've seen before include "Slender fish" , "Abstract nineteen sixties style" , "Else they're fish" , "Conger --; jellied --" , "Sea creatures found in lees" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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