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Reportedly lift fish (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rays

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

'reportedly lift' is the wordplay.
'reportedly' shows a homophone (sound like).
'lift' becomes 'raise' (raising is a kind of lifting).
'raise' is a homophone of 'RAYS'.

(Other definitions for rays that I've seen before include "Columns of light or heat" , "Beams from sun or moon" , "Flat fish" , "They swim" , "Beams - fish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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