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Fish that may be smoked or else stewed (4)

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I believe the answer is:

eels

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'fish that may be smoked' is the definition.
'eels' can be an answer for 'fish' (eel is a type of fish). I'm unsure of the remainder of the definition.

'else stewed' is the wordplay.
'stewed' is an anagram indicator.
'else' anagrammed gives 'EELS'.

'or' is the link.

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(Other definitions for eels that I've seen before include "Snakelike fish" , "Elongated fish" , "Snakelike fishes" , "Odd fish found in the lees" , "Conger --; jellied --" .)

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