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Truck departs with fish (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dray

'truck' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'departs with fish' is the wordplay.
'departs' becomes 'd' (common abbreviation e.g. train timetables).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'fish' becomes 'ray' (ray is a kind of fish).
'd'+'ray'='DRAY'

(Other definitions for dray that I've seen before include "Brewery wagon" , "Brewer's horse-drawn cart" , "delivery vehicle" , "Low truck" , "Heavy load-carrying vehicle" .)

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