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US
swimmer
oversleeps
if
he’s
shattered
(9)
US swimmer oversleeps if he’s shattered (9)
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How the clue works
The definition is US swimmer — a spikefish being a fish from American waters. "Oversleeps" does the heavy lifting in the wordplay: KIPS (slang for sleeps) reversed (that's your "over") gives SPIK, then "if he's" gets anagrammed courtesy of "shattered" to give EFISH, and the two parts slot together neatly.