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Fishy fish found on the fourth of July (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shady

'fishy' is the definition.
(I know that fishy can be written as shady)

'fish found on the fourth of july' is the wordplay.
'fish' becomes 'shad' (shad is a kind of fish).
'found on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the fourth of july' becomes 'y' (fourth letter of the word 'July').
'shad'+'y'='SHADY'

(Other definitions for shady that I've seen before include "Fishy; unlit" , "Of doubtful legality" , "Disreputable - umbrageous" , "Of questionable morality out of the sunlight" , "Suspicious, fishy" .)

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