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Fish worn on woman's finger? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

herring

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'fish worn on woman's finger?' is the definition.
'herring' can be an answer for 'fish' (herring is a type of fish). I'm unsure of the 'worn on woman's finger?' bit.

'on woman's finger?' is the wordplay.
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'woman' becomes 'her' (her refers to a woman).
'finger?' becomes 'ring' (ring finger is a kind of finger).
'her' put next to 'ring' is 'HERRING'.

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(Other definitions for herring that I've seen before include "It's certainly fishy!" , "Fish, often kippered" , "Small silvery sea-fish" , "Fish that's kippered" , "Sea fish" .)

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