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Isle of Man swimmer's collecting organic fuel (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

biomass

'organic fuel' is the definition.

'isle of man swimmer's collecting' is the wordplay.
'isle of man' becomes 'iom'.
'swimmer' becomes 'bass' (bass is a kind of fish).
'collecting' indicates putting letters inside.
'iom' going into 'bass' is 'BIOMASS'.

(Other definitions for biomass that I've seen before include "Measure of living organisms" , "source of 8 [RENEWABLE ENERGY]" , "Organic source of energy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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