Beef team gets medal for second place (10)
I believe the answer is:
silverside
'beef' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'team gets medal for second place' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'team' could be 'side' (both can mean a sports team) and 'side' is found within the answer.
'second' could be 'silver' (I've seen this before) and 'silver' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for silverside that I've seen before include "Crown of a round of beef cut from the leg" , "Joint" , "Cut of meat" , "piece of meat" .)