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Somehow traps fish (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sprat

'fish' is the definition.
(I know that sprat is a type of herring)

'somehow traps' is the wordplay.
'somehow' indicates anagramming the letters.
'traps' anagrammed gives 'SPRAT'.

(Other definitions for sprat that I've seen before include "Traps (anag.)" , "one on a fat-free diet" , "little fish" , "Herring of the east North Atlantic" , "Small edible fish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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