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Fish initially baked on some paper (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bream

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

'initially baked on some paper' is the wordplay.
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'some paper' becomes 'ream' (a ream is an amount of paper).
The initial letter of 'baked' is 'b'.
'b'+'ream'='BREAM'

(Other definitions for bream that I've seen before include "Carp relative" , "Food fish" , "Broad, thin fish" , "Fish found in amber" , "Edible fish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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