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Fish giving old men inner energy (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

popes

'fish' is the definition.

'old men inner energy' is the wordplay.
'old men' becomes 'pops'.
'inner' indicates putting letters inside.
'energy' becomes 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mc2).
'pops' enclosing 'e' is 'POPES'.

'giving' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for popes that I've seen before include "Pontiffs" , "Heads of the Roman Catholic church" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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