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Fish pie inside duplicated (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

copied

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'duplicated' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with creating things as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'fish pie inside' is the wordplay.
'fish' becomes 'cod' (type of fish).
'inside' indicates putting letters inside.
'cod' enclosing 'pie' is 'COPIED'.

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(Other definitions for copied that I've seen before include "Imitated or replicated" , "made a transcript" , "most sincerely flattered" , "Reproduced (something)" , "Imitated or recreated" .)

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