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Fish from Brazil brought up — ace! (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tuna

'fish' is the definition.
(tuna is a type of fish)

'brazil brought up ace' is the wordplay.
'brazil' becomes 'nut' (I've seen this in another clue).
'brought up' says the letters should be written in reverse (in a down clue, letters go up).
'ace' becomes 'a' (abbreviation).
'nut' backwards is 'tun'.
'tun'+'a'='TUNA'

'from' is the link.

(Other definitions for tuna that I've seen before include "Large fish for the strange aunt" , "Fish; edible cactus" , "Tinned food fish" , "Tunny" , "Yellow-finned fish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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