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Hurry to get these fish on (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

skates

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'hurry to' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'these fish on' is the wordplay.
'these' becomes 's' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'fish' becomes 'skate' (skate is a kind of fish).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
's' after 'skate' is 'SKATES'.

'get' is the link.

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(Other definitions for skates that I've seen before include "things to wear on the feet" , "Wear for rink" , "Large edible fish, worn on the feet?" , "fishes" , "Fish, moves on ice" .)

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