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Very common smell associated with fish (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

humdrum

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'very common' is the definition.
'humdrum' can be an answer for 'common' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'very' bit.

'smell associated with fish' is the wordplay.
'smell' becomes 'hum' (something with a bad smell is 'humming').
'associated with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'fish' becomes 'drum' (drum is a kind of fish).
'hum'+'drum'='HUMDRUM'

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(Other definitions for humdrum that I've seen before include "Tediously repetitous or lacking in variety" , "Run-of-the-mill" , "Boringly monotonous" , "without incident" , "Workaday" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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