The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TIDDLER
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More clues leading to the result TIDDLER
- Democrats broaching alternative to Thatcher? There’s just a small catch
- Small fish daughters fed to workman fixing roof
- Little fish: young child has swapped ring for one
- Maybe roofer eating dates is not a great catch!
- Little fish in river’s following daughter’s line in current
- Cat retracting tail a little in one of 13’s stories
- Theologian left to tuck into rank fish
- Building worker eating tail of rancid Dutch fish
- Workman eats divine little fish
- Row about tails of gurnard, rudd and brill – fish often thrown back
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The straight part
We know that "shrimp" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case shrimp = tiddler.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 TIDDLER mean?
TIDDLER noun- A small person.
- A small fish, especially a stickleback.