The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TURBOT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result TURBOT
- Starts to talk up river — bags of tasty fish!
- Coming back to dry fish
- Swimmer starts to train using rural baths outside town
- Fish — variety of trout — nibbling bait at first
- Opera with debut for baritone as replacement for and alternative to bass?
- High-powered tourer starts for swimmer
- Powerfully driven tail of pilot fish
- Fish, unusual British trout?
- High-powered tourer starts
- Supercharged time for swimmer
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The straight part
We know that "alternative to bass?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case alternative to bass? = turbot.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TURBOT mean?
TURBOT noun- A species of flatfish native to Europe (Scophthalmus maximus, earlier Psetta maxima).
- Any of various other flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae that are found in marine or brackish waters.
- Triggerfish, Canthidermis sufflamen.