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Full of holes, it may well be fishy (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

net

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'fishy' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'full of holes it may well' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'it' could be 't' (abbreviation. e.g. in 'tis) and 't' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ne' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'be' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for net that I've seen before include "Catch; fine fabric" , "Mesh; profit" , "Catch, ensnare" , "Meshed trap" , "Score a goal" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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