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Time of the week for fish and chips? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

friday

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'fish and chips?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.

'time of the week' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'time' could be 'day' (day is a kind of time) and 'day' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'fri' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for friday that I've seen before include "The 13th is considered unlucky" , "God is thanked for this" , "Its child is loving and giving" , "faithful companion" , "It's payday for some" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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