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Teased or deceived some poor fish (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

codded

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This clue could be a double definition.

'teased' is the first definition.
('cod' can be a synonym of 'tease')

'deceived some poor fish' is the second definition.
'codded' can be an answer for 'deceived' (codding is a kind of deceiving). I am not certain of the 'some poor fish' bit.

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(Other definitions for codded that I've seen before include "Deceived like popular fish" , "Fooled, duped" , "Informally fooled-sounds fishy" , "Hoaxed with large sea-fish?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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