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Fish with a lime chunk only (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

halibut

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

'with a lime chunk only' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'a lime chunk' becomes 'hali' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'only' becomes 'but' (but can mean only - eg 'life is but a dream').
'hali' next to 'but' is 'HALIBUT'.

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(Other definitions for halibut that I've seen before include "Something fishy here" , "Fish found in Bali hut" , "Large flatfish used as food" , "Marine food fish" , "One's scaled" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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