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Rudely, take fish while they're fighting (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wrestling

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'while they're fighting' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adverb but the answer is not.

'rudely take fish' is the wordplay.
'rudely' becomes 'wrest' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'take' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'fish' becomes 'ling' (ling is a kind of fish).
'wrest'+'ling'='WRESTLING'

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(Other definitions for wrestling that I've seen before include "Hand-to-hand combat" , "event" , "Hand-to-hand grappling" , "gripping contest" , "Ring fighting" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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