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Form of meat loaf maybe containing a lump of fat (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

offal

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'form of meat' is the definition.
'offal' can be an answer for 'meat' (offal is a kind of meat). I am not certain of the 'form of' bit.

'loaf maybe containing a lump of fat' is the wordplay.
'maybe' indicates an anagram.
'containing' indicates putting letters inside.
'a lump of fat' becomes 'f' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'loaf' is an anagram of 'ofal'.
'ofal' placed around 'f' is 'OFFAL'.

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(Other definitions for offal that I've seen before include "Entrails/organs as food" , "Less valuable edible parts of animal" , "Edible (or inedible?) internal organs" , "Waste matter" , "Meat product" .)

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