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Small herring-like fish (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sprat

(Other definitions for sprat that I've seen before include "Small herring, often smoked or canned" , "little fish" , "Small edible fish" , "Small fish (used to catch mackerel?)" , "chap giving richer course material to the Dutch" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times, The Telegraph and the Irish Times (Simplex).
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