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Skin from wee fish (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

peeling

'skin' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'wee fish' is the wordplay.
'wee' becomes 'pee' ('pee' can be a synonym of 'wee').
'fish' becomes 'ling' (ling is a kind of fish).
'pee'+'ling'='PEELING'

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for peeling that I've seen before include "Skinning" , "Removing the rind" , "Removing skin" , "Shedding skin" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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