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Strong resentment about lake fisherman (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

angler

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'lake fisherman' is the definition.
'angler' can be an answer for 'fisherman' (angler is a kind of fisherman). I am not certain of the 'lake' bit.

'strong resentment about' is the wordplay.
'strong' becomes 'l' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'resentment' becomes 'anger' (I've seen this in another clue).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'l' placed into 'anger' is 'ANGLER'.

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(Other definitions for angler that I've seen before include "who looks for compliments" , "A rod and line fisherman" , "Walton's was Compleat" , "One proverbially exaggerating" , "Fisher with hook and line." .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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