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Fish in quiet river with mischievous child (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shrimp

'fish' is the definition.
(shrimping is a kind of fishing)

'quiet river with mischievous child' is the wordplay.
'quiet' becomes 'sh'.
'river' becomes 'r'.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'mischievous child' becomes 'imp' (I've seen this before).
'sh'+'r'+'imp'='SHRIMP'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for shrimp that I've seen before include "tiny chap" , "Runt" , "Small, weak person" , "Tasty crustacean found in cocktails" , "colour?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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