Cryptic crossword clue
Wife comes in to boil fish perhaps 7

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

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The straight part
We know that "fish perhaps" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fish perhaps = swimmer.
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 SWIMMER mean?

SWIMMER noun
  1. One who swims.
  2. A protuberance on the leg of a horse.
  3. A webfooted aquatic bird.
  4. (chiefly in the plural) A sperm.
  5. A Norfolk dumpling.

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