Small fish to fry Crossword Clue

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Small fish to fry Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. extract (metals) by heating
(noun)
1. small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water
2. small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

FRY (noun)
1. a young person of either sex
2. English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907)
FRY (verb)
1. kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair
2. be excessively hot
SMALL (adjective)
1. not large but sufficient in size or amount
2. lowercase
SMALL (noun)
1. a garment size for a small person
2. the slender part of the back

Hint 3: Anagram

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MELTS

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