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Second person steering fish ahead of stream (2-6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

co-driver

'second person steering' is the definition.

'fish ahead of stream' is the wordplay.
'fish' becomes 'cod' (cod is a kind of fish).
'ahead of' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'stream' becomes 'river' (river is a kind of stream**).
'cod'+'river'='CO-DRIVER'

(Other definitions for co-driver that I've seen before include "Rally partner" , "Rallying partner" , "Divorcer (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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