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Bean dish and cheese served with meat, no starter (7)

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I believe the answer is:

edamame

'bean dish' is the definition.
(dish made from soy beans)

'cheese served with meat no starter' is the wordplay.
'cheese' becomes 'edam' (Edam is an example).
'served with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'meat' becomes 'game' (game can mean meat from wild animals).
'no starter' means to remove the first letter.
'game' with its initial letter removed is 'ame'.
'edam'+'ame'='EDAMAME'

'and' is the link.

(Another definition for edamame that I've seen is " type of bean".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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