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Rows hard: vessel is to catch good fish (5,5)

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I believe the answer is:

tiger shark

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'fish' is the definition.
(tiger shark is a kind of fish)

'rows hard vessel is to catch good' is the wordplay.
'rows' becomes 'tiers' (tier is a kind of row).
'hard vessel' becomes 'hark' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'is to catch' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'tiers'+'hark'='tiershark'
'tiershark' enclosing 'g' is 'TIGER-SHARK'.

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(Other definitions for tiger shark that I've seen before include "Large aggressive fish" , "big fish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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