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Succeed with fish: about ten caught (5)

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I believe the answer is:

excel

'succeed' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'fish about ten caught' is the wordplay.
'fish' becomes 'eel' (eel is a type of fish).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'ten' becomes 'X' (Roman numeral).
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'x'+'c'='xc'
'eel' going around 'xc' is 'EXCEL'.

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for excel that I've seen before include "Do exceedingly well" , "cap" , "Do really well, outshine others" , "Distinguish oneself - XL" , "Perform extremely well" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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