Poor Ted ordered to tin fish (7)

I believe the answer is:

torpedo

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'tin fish' is the definition.
'torpedo' can be an answer for 'fish' (torpedo is a kind of fish). I am unsure of the 'tin' bit.

'poor ted ordered' is the wordplay.
'ordered' is an anagram indicator.
'poor'+'ted'='poorted'
'poorted' is an anagram of 'TORPEDO'.

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for torpedo that I've seen before include "Poor Ted (anag)" , "Trooped (anag.)" , "Missile fired from underwater submarine" , "ruin" , "electric ray" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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