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Piece of fish when the French girl comes to tea (6)

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I believe the answer is:

fillet

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'piece of fish' is the definition.
'fillet' can be an answer for 'piece' (fillet is a kind of piece). I am not certain of the 'of fish' bit.

'the french girl comes to tea' is the wordplay.
'the french girl' becomes 'fille' (I've seen this in another clue).
'comes to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'tea' becomes 't' (I've seen this in other clues).
'fille'+'t'='FILLET'

'when' is the link.

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(Other definitions for fillet that I've seen before include "Cut of steak; ribbon strip" , "round head?" , "Choice piece of boneless meat (6)" , "Thick piece of boneless meat or fish" , "Remove bones of (fish)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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