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Weevils struggling to chase a fish (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alewives

'fish' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'weevils struggling to chase a' is the wordplay.
'struggling' indicates anagramming the letters.
'to chase' says to put letters next to each other.
'weevils' anagrammed gives 'lewives'.
'lewives' put after 'a' is 'ALEWIVES'.

(Another definition for alewives that I've seen is " Fish".)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.
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