Cryptic crossword clue
Rushed outside, flat-bodied fish squirted 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SPRAYED

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The straight part
We know that "squirted" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case squirted = sprayed.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does SPRAYED mean?

SPRAYED verb
  1. To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something.
  2. To project in a dispersive manner.
  3. To project many small items dispersively.
  4. To urinate in order to mark territory.
  5. To allocate blocks of memory from (a heap, etc.), and fill them with the same byte sequence, hoping to establish that sequence in a certain predetermined location as part of an exploit.
SPRAYED adjective
  1. Chapped with cold

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