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Well-timed strength needed to grasp large fish (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fortunate

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'well-timed' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'to grasp large fish' is the wordplay.
'to' becomes 'forte' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'grasp' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'large fish' becomes 'tuna' (I've seen this before).
'forte' going around 'tuna' is 'FORTUNATE'.

'strength needed' is the link.
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(Other definitions for fortunate that I've seen before include "Blessed with good luck" , "Lucky" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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