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Fish for a girl on Monday (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

salmon

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

'girl on monday' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'sal' (feminine given name).
'on' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'monday' becomes 'Mon' (short for Monday).
'sal'+'mon'='SALMON'

'for a' is the link.

(Other definitions for salmon that I've seen before include "Large fish with pink flesh" , "Food fish; pink shade" , "Ol' man's keen on the fish (6)" , "pink-orange in colour" , "Parr or grilse" .)

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