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Like husband to get into fish (and whipping) (7)

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I believe the answer is:

lashing

'whipping' is the definition.
('lash' can be a synonym of 'whip')

'like husband to get into fish' is the wordplay.
'like' becomes 'as'.
'husband' becomes 'h'.
'to get into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'fish' becomes 'ling' (ling is a kind of fish**).
'as'+'h'='ash'
'ash' going inside 'ling' is 'LASHING'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Another definition for lashing that I've seen is " punishment by cat?".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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