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Freshwater reptile bringing one salmon up in ten (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

terrapin

'freshwater reptile' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'one salmon up in ten' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'salmon' becomes 'parr' (I've seen this before**).
'up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'i'+'parr'='iparr'
'iparr' in reverse letter order is 'rrapi'.
'rrapi' going inside 'ten' is 'TERRAPIN'.

'bringing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for terrapin that I've seen before include "Chelonian reptile" , "Hardback" , "freshwater creature" , "A reptile; a printer (anag.)" , "Little turtle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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