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Tilapia is freshest spit cooked (2,6,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

st peters fish

'tilapia' is the definition.
(type of fish nicknamed St Peter's fish)

'freshest spit cooked' is the wordplay.
'cooked' indicates an anagram.
'freshest'+'spit'='freshestspit'
'freshestspit' anagrammed gives 'ST PETERS FISH'.

'is' is the link.

(Another definition for st peters fish that I've seen is " Edible fish of Middle East".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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