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Self-employed person in country with right to catch fish (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

freelancer

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'self-employed person' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'country with right to catch fish' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'right' could be 'r' (common abbreviation) and 'r' is present in the answer.
'catch' could be 'lance' (I've seen this before) and 'lance' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'feer' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for freelancer that I've seen before include "One temporarily hired" , "Independent worker" , "Self-employed person" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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