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Thick bagel firstly with salmon? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

oafish

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'thick' is the definition.
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'bagel firstly with salmon?' is the wordplay.
'bagel' becomes 'O' (bagel can mean a score of zero in tennis).
'firstly' becomes 'a' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'salmon?' becomes 'fish' (salmon is a kind of fish).
'o'+'a'+'fish'='OAFISH'

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(Other definitions for oafish that I've seen before include "Like a lout" , "Boorish, clumsy" , "lacking elegance?" , "Doltish" , "Bone-headed" .)

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