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Made fish crumble, being very hungry (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

famished

'very hungry' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'made fish crumble' is the wordplay.
'crumble' is an anagram indicator.
'made'+'fish'='madefish'
'madefish' anagrammed gives 'FAMISHED'.

'being' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for famished that I've seen before include "Ma fished, being starved" , "Extremely hungry" , "Is fed ham, being very hungry" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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