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The foreign and local fish caught (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

finnish

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'the foreign' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'local fish caught' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'local' could be 'inn' (I've seen this before) and 'inn' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'fish' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for finnish that I've seen before include "Eg, native to Helsinki" , "Nationality of citizens of Helsinki" , "race" , "foreign language" , "European language" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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