Settling for the fish and getting through it (7)
I believe the answer is:
landing
'settling for the fish' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'and getting through it' is the wordplay.
'getting through' indicates putting letters inside.
'it' becomes 'ling' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'and' put inside 'ling' is 'LANDING'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for landing that I've seen before include "End of a flight" , "Level space near staircase" , "Catching" , "somewhere between flights" , "Coming down to earth" .)