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A river fish caught in a moat (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trench

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'a moat' is the definition.
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'a river fish' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'river' could be 'r' (abbreviation for river) and 'r' is located in the answer.
'fish' could be 'tench' (tench is a kind of fish) and 'tench' is located in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'caught in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for trench that I've seen before include "Drain" , "Deeply cut" , "Long, narrow excavation" , "Ditch, as a fortification say" , "depression" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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