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Tiny little daughter fighting shark? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dwarfish

'tiny' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'little daughter fighting shark?' is the wordplay.
'little' suggests taking the first letters.
'fighting' becomes 'war'.
'shark?' becomes 'fish' (sharking is a kind of fishing).
The initial letter of 'daughter' is 'd'.
'd'+'war'+'fish'='DWARFISH'

(Other definitions for dwarfish that I've seen before include "Despicable" , "Unusually small (in stature)" , "on the small side" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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