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The Clue

Food fish (4 letter answer)

The Answer

SHAD

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Notes

The answer SHAD is seen frequently, appearing about once every 140 puzzles.

Related Clues

One of the Alosa
Fish
A herring
___ roe
Atlantic catch
Certain herring
Cousin of an alewife
Cousin of a herring
Herring kin
Herringlike fish
Herring's relative
Kind of roe
Migrating fish
Roe bestower
Roe producer
A roe source
Roe source
Sardine's cousin
A source of roe
One source of roe
Source of roe
Spawning fish
Sprat relative
Variety of herring
Deep-bodied herring
Fish that swims upstream
Skipjack herring, e.g.
Type of fly or frog
Fish that can detect ultrasound
Fish that migrates from seawater to freshwater and back

Definition

SHAD as a noun:

1. bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast
2. herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn