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Hard or soft, it's fishy (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

roe

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'it's fishy' is the definition.
(fish eggs)

'hard or soft' is the wordplay.
'hard' indicates anagramming the letters.
'soft' becomes 'e' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'or' is an anagram of 'ro'.
'ro'+'e'='ROE'

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(Other definitions for roe that I've seen before include "If hard, eggs" , "Hoofed animal(s)" , "A mass of fish-eggs" , "Mass of fish's eggs" , "Food from fish" .)

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