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In theory, one supports fish? (7)

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ideally

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'in theory' is the definition.
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'one supports fish?' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'ally' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'supports' means one lot of letters go next to another (bottom letters provide a support for the top ones).
'fish?' becomes 'ide' (type of fish).
'ally' put after 'ide' is 'IDEALLY'.

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(Other definitions for ideally that I've seen before include "for preference" , "Perfectly; most suitably" , "In the most perfect way" , "In a perfect world, the best possible situation" , "for best results" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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