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Reportedly ruined fishes' shapes (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rectangles

'shapes' is the definition.
(rectangle is a kind of shape)

'reportedly ruined fishes'' is the wordplay.
'reportedly' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'ruined' becomes 'wrecked' (to wreck something is to ruin or spoil it).
'fishes'' becomes 'angles' ('angle' can be a synonym of 'fish').
'wrecked' is a homophone of 'rect'.
'rect'+'angles'='RECTANGLES'

(Other definitions for rectangles that I've seen before include "Four-sided figures" , "they may be squares" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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