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Fishy sanctuary for a lot of Americans? (3,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

car park

'a lot of americans?' is the definition.
(Americans call a car park a parking lot)

'fishy sanctuary' is the wordplay.
'fishy' becomes 'carp' (type of fish).
'sanctuary' becomes 'ark' (I've seen this in another clue).
'carp'+'ark'='CAR PARK'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for car park that I've seen before include "designated area" , "multistorey, for example - with 27d" , "Multi-storey building with bays" , "of which many stories might be told" , "Area for transport (in which one goes into space)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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