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Teacher coming back with fish — or meat dish? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rissole

'meat dish?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'teacher coming back with fish' is the wordplay.
'teacher' becomes 'sir' (way of addressing a male teacher).
'coming back' is a reversal indicator.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'fish' becomes 'sole' (sole is a kind of fish).
'sir' in reverse letter order is 'ris'.
'ris'+'sole'='RISSOLE'

'or' is the link.

(Other definitions for rissole that I've seen before include "Losers I find in the chopped meat dish" , "Minced meat or fish deep fried in egg and breadcrumbs" , "Fried and breadcrumbed dish" , "Fried meat dish" , "Lorises (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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