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Haul fish up away from the wind (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

leeward

'away from the wind' is the definition.
(as in the lee side of a river)

'haul fish up' is the wordplay.
'haul' becomes 'draw' (synonyms).
'fish' becomes 'eel' (eel is a kind of fish).
'up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'draw'+'eel'='draweel'
'draweel' written backwards gives 'LEEWARD'.

(Other definitions for leeward that I've seen before include "Towards the sheltered side" , "Draw eel (anag.)" , "On sice turned away from wind" , "A welder (anag.)" , "Of ship, on side turned away from wind" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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