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Haddock's last fish in bottom of boat (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

keel

'bottom of boat' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'haddock's last fish' is the wordplay.
'last' says to take the final letters.
'fish' becomes 'eel' (eel is a kind of fish).
The last letter of 'haddock' is 'k'.
'k'+'eel'='KEEL'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for keel that I've seen before include "Strut along base of ship" , "Bottom of boat" , "Earth (Latin)" , "Structural member of a ship" , "Low part of ship" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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