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Left-winger eats fish to get respect (6)

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I believe the answer is:

regard

'respect' is the definition.
(I know that respect is a more specific form of fear)

'left-winger eats fish' is the wordplay.
'left-winger' becomes 'red' (red can mean a leftwing person).
'eats' is an insertion indicator.
'fish' becomes 'gar' (type of fish).
'red' enclosing 'gar' is 'REGARD'.

'to get' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for regard that I've seen before include "Judge" , "Look at - esteem" , "Consider; gaze at" , "Think of" , "Consider, view" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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