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Ministry, at present, of fish? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

minnow

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'fish?' is the definition.
(minnow is a kind of fish)

'ministry at present' is the wordplay.
'ministry' becomes 'm' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'at' becomes 'in' (synonymous in some cases - eg at school, in school).
'present' becomes 'now' (both can mean the current period).
'm'+'in'+'now'='MINNOW'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for minnow that I've seen before include "Tiddler" , "he's unimportant" , "Small person" , "A fish; insignificant person" , "Very small freshwater fish of the carp family" .)

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