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Fish has turned man - that's hard (6)

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I believe the answer is:

enamel

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'that's hard' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'fish has turned man' is the wordplay.
'fish' becomes 'eel' (eel is a type of fish).
'has' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'turned' indicates an anagram.
'man' is an anagram of 'nam'.
'eel' placed around 'nam' is 'ENAMEL'.

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(Other definitions for enamel that I've seen before include "Hard, glossy protective coating" , "Hard shiny surface as on teeth" , "Decorative or protective covering on metal or glass." , "Hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth" , "Glassy substance" .)

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