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One eating no fat fish (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sprat

I believe this clue is a double definition.

'one eating no fat' is the first definition.
('Jack Sprat could eat no fat' in the nursery rhyme)

'fish' is the second definition.
(sprat is a kind of fish)

(Other definitions for sprat that I've seen before include "Young herring" , "Couple sharing meat" , "chap giving richer course material to the Dutch" , "Traps (anag.)" , "Small sea fish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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