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Ultimately, meat beat fish (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trout

'fish' is the definition.
(trout is a kind of fish)

'ultimately meat beat' is the wordplay.
'ultimately' indicates one should take the final letters.
'beat' becomes 'rout' (routing is a kind of beating).
The last letter of 'meat' is 't'.
't'+'rout'='TROUT'

(Other definitions for trout that I've seen before include "Performance by five players" , "Unattractive old woman" , "one of a noted quintet" , "one may be hooked" , "Schubert work; fish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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