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Venue for fish, say (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

place

'venue' is the definition.
(I know that venue can be written as place)

'fish say' is the wordplay.
'fish' becomes 'plaice' (plaice is a kind of fish).
'say' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'plaice' is a homophone of 'PLACE'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for place that I've seen before include "Locus" , "Put in - winning position" , "Situation" , "Locate" , "Identify -- station" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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