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To hide one disc in another is fishy! (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cod

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'fishy' is the definition.
(type of fish)

'to hide one disc in another' is the wordplay.
'to hide' is an insertion indicator.
'one disc' becomes 'O' (disc-shaped letter).
'in another' becomes 'cd' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'o' going inside 'cd' is 'COD'.

'is' is the link.

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(Other definitions for cod that I've seen before include "Play joke on" , "Payment arrangement" , "Tasty fish or slangy nonsense" , "swimmer" , "Fish; fake (colloq.)" .)

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