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Sailor with fish for man in nursery rhyme (4,5)

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jack sprat

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'man in nursery rhyme' is the definition.
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'sailor with fish' is the wordplay.
'sailor' becomes 'jack' (informal term for a sailor).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'fish' becomes 'sprat' (sprat is a kind of fish).
'jack'+'sprat'='JACK SPRAT'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for jack sprat that I've seen before include "One leaving fat" , "He ate only lean" , "His wife could eat no lean" , "fat-free dieter" , "He ate no fat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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