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Mack maybe comes back for fish (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eel

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'fish' is the definition.
(eel is a type of fish)

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(Other definitions for eel that I've seen before include "Slippery type" , "Snakelike fish" , "Evasive type" , "Electric swimmer, perhaps?" , "Apode" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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