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Fish left in sink (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

flounder

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'fish' is the definition.
(I know that flounder is a type of fish)

'left in sink' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'left' could be 'l' (common abbreviation) and 'l' is found within the answer.
'sink' could be 'founder' (foundering is a kind of sinking) and 'founder' is found within the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for flounder that I've seen before include "Small flatfish" , "A fish; be out of depth" , "Have difficulties with the flatfish" , "Stagger clumsily in mud (or water)" , "Have difficulty" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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