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Net used in some shark-infested waters (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mesh

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'net' is the definition.
(I know that net can be written as mesh)

'some shark-infested waters' is the wordplay.
'some' says to take the initial letters.
'infested' indicates putting letters inside (some letters are infested with others).
'waters' becomes 'meh' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The initial letter of 'shark' is 's'.
's' put inside 'meh' is 'MESH'.

'used in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for mesh that I've seen before include "fit together" , "Net, snare" , "Net fabric" , "Trap" , "Crossed wires" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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