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Fish put on ice (5)

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skate

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'fish' is the definition.
(skate is a kind of fish)

'on ice' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'on' could be 'at' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'at' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'put' is the link.

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(Other definitions for skate that I've seen before include "Type of ray" , "Takes off like large flatfish" , "Runner" , "cross ice" , "current collector" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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