Fish: medic eats tons Crossword Clue

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Understanding Today's Crossword Puzzle

The clue "Fish: medic eats tons" leads us to the answer "STURGEON" for several reasons:

1. Fish: This indicates that the answer relates to a type of fish, narrowing down our options.
2. Medic eats: In a cryptic crossword clue, "eats" can suggest that one set of letters goes inside or around another. Here, "medic" could stand for the abbreviation for "doctor," which is "DR." When we place "DR" inside "tons," we get "D(R)UGS," which hints at the answer.
3. Tons: This part of the clue is used to contain the letters for the fish we are looking for, following the cryptic clue pattern.

Therefore, the answer to the clue "Fish: medic eats tons" is "STURGEON." It cleverly combines wordplay with the definition of the fish, making for a satisfying and challenging crossword puzzle solution.

Definition of "STURGEON"

a very large primitive fish with bony plates on the body. It occurs in temperate seas and rivers of the northern hemisphere, especially central Eurasia, and is of commercial importance for its caviar and flesh.

 The Crossword clue "Fish: medic eats tons" published 1 time/s & has 1 answer/s. 

Crossword	Date	Answer
The Times Cryptic	9 July 2018	STURGEON