The fish will come in with the chips (9)
I believe the answer is:
carpenter
'chips' is the definition.
(chips can informally refer to a carpenter)
'the fish will come in' is the wordplay.
'the fish will' becomes 'carp' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'come in' becomes 'enter' (synonyms).
'carp'+'enter'='CARPENTER'
'with the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for carpenter that I've seen before include "Joseph's occupation" , "What Jesus was" , "Chippy" , "artisan" , "job" .)