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Fish brought into pub: time to be rude (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

insolent

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

'fish brought into pub time' is the wordplay.
'fish' becomes 'sole' (sole is a kind of fish).
'brought into' is an insertion indicator.
'pub' becomes 'inn' (an inn is a type of pub).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'sole' placed into 'inn' is 'insolen'.
'insolen'+'t'='INSOLENT'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for insolent that I've seen before include "Rude and disrespectful" , "Rude, showing lack of respect" , "Lippy" , "Extremely fresh" , "Being discourteous and insulting" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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