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Fish 'n' chips starter to feed A&E maybe (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

perchance

'maybe' is the definition.
('perchance' can be a synonym of 'maybe')

'fish n chips starter to feed ae' is the wordplay.
'fish' becomes 'perch' (perch is a kind of fish**).
'starter' indicates taking the first letters.
'to feed' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
The initial letter of 'chips' is 'c'.
'n'+'c'='nc'
'nc' placed within 'ae' is 'ance'.
'perch'+'ance'='PERCHANCE'

(Other definitions for perchance that I've seen before include "'To sleep: -------- to dream:' Hamlet" , "possibly" , "Maybe (to dream? - Hamlet)" , "As it may happen" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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