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Knocked back champagne with duck: time for fish (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

turbot

'fish' is the definition.
(I know that turbot is a type of fish)

'knocked back champagne with duck time' is the wordplay.
'knocked back' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'champagne' becomes 'brut' (I have seen 'Dry champagne ' mean 'brut' so perhaps 'champagne' could also mean 'brut').
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'duck' becomes 'o' (resembles zero - 'duck' in cricket).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'brut' backwards is 'turb'.
'turb'+'o'+'t'='TURBOT'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for turbot that I've seen before include "Swimmer" , "Rub tot out with the fish" , "Species of fish" , "Large food fish" , "Edible flatfish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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