The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word REELED
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result REELED
- Staggered, seeing fish in merlot, perhaps
- Fish restricted by bloody wound
- Fish inside bloody wound
- Got in on line and danced
- Swam with fish in a sea
- Staggered about dinghy’s prow catching fish
- Swam seeing fish in so-called foreign sea
- Stuck in grass the Parisian staggered
- Staggered that slippery character was overdrawn
- Staggered a fisherman may have done this
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The straight part
We know that "Swam" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case swam = reeled.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 REELED mean?
REELED verb- To wind on a reel.
- To spin or revolve repeatedly.
- To unwind, to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
- To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.
- (with back) To back off or step away unsteadily and quickly.
- To make or cause to reel.
- To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
- To be in shock.
- To roll.