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It shows she's married to a fish! (7)

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I believe the answer is:

herring

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'a fish' is the definition.
(herring is a type of fish)

'it shows she's married to' is the wordplay.
'it shows' becomes 'ring' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'she' becomes 'her' (I've seen this in other clues).
'married to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'ring' after 'her' is 'HERRING'.

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(Other definitions for herring that I've seen before include "Fish of northern waters, can be salted or pickled" , "Fatty fish" , "Fish, often kippered" , "It's certainly fishy!" , "one could be soused" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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