Cryptic crossword clue
For starters, Honeychile Rider joined Bond and had small type of fish 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word CHORDATES

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The straight part
We know that "type of fish" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case type of fish = chordates.
The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.
This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does CHORDATES mean?

CHORDATES noun
  1. A member of the phylum Chordata; numerous animals having a notochord at some stage of their development; in vertebrates this develops into the spine

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