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Fish not deprived of oxygen in stretch of water (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

solent

'stretch of water' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'fish not deprived of oxygen' is the wordplay.
'fish' becomes 'sole' (sole is a kind of fish**).
'deprived of' is a deletion indicator.
'oxygen' becomes 'o' (atomic symbol for oxygen).
'not' with 'o' taken away is 'nt'.
'sole'+'nt'='SOLENT'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for solent that I've seen before include "Waterway between Hampshire and Isle of Wight" , "Water to north of IOW" , "Confine as a prisoner" , "Strait north of Isle of Wight" , "Strait off Portsmouth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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