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Maybe vet fish hauled up (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

doc

'maybe vet' is the definition.

'fish hauled up' is the wordplay.
'fish' becomes 'cod' (cod is a kind of fish).
'hauled up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'cod' back-to-front is 'DOC'.

(Other definitions for doc that I've seen before include "Medic (colloq.)" , "GP (colloq.)" , "Physician (colloq.)" , "Fox perhaps" , "Disney dwarf" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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