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Fish around lake for dope? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

clod

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

'fish around lake' is the wordplay.
'fish' becomes 'cod' (cod is a kind of fish).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'lake' becomes 'l'.
'cod' placed around 'l' is 'CLOD'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for clod that I've seen before include "Lump of earth - nitwit" , "Stupid person - compact lump" , "Block" , "dope?" , "Fool - lump of earth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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