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Fish shoulders, oddly! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

soles

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

'shoulders oddly' is the wordplay.
'oddly' means one should take alternating letters (letters in odd-numbered positions).
The alternate letters of 'shoulders' are 'SOLES'.

(Other definitions for soles that I've seen before include "Fish; bottoms of feet" , "Undersurfaces of feet" , "Shoe bottoms" , "Parts of shoes" , "Undersides of feet" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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