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What she got when she married looks fishy! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

herring

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

'what she got when she married looks' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'she' could be 'her' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'her' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ring' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for herring that I've seen before include "Important food fish" , "Fish that's kippered" , "Fish that can be red and kippered!" , "Fish, often kippered" , "Fatty fish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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