The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word BLOATER
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result BLOATER
- Fish that is very filling?
- Fish in lake one in vessel catches
- Fish that swells you up?
- I’m leaving Baltimore dressed for such a dish
- Fish consumed in Belvoir regularly
- Left hat outside
- Found in hat, head of large fish
- Someone using vessel to cross lake for fish
- Gondolier eats large processed fish
- Billingsgate titfer held plate for fish
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What does BLOATER mean?
BLOATER noun- A salted, and lightly smoked herring or mackerel.
- A freshwater fish native to the Great Lakes; the species Coregonus hoyi.