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Has it a bad name among vegetarians? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

offal

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'has it a' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'bad name among vegetarians?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'bad' could be 'off' (eg meat that's gone off is bad) and 'off' is found in the answer.
'name' could be 'al' and 'al' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for offal that I've seen before include "Entrails used as food" , "Edible animal viscera" , "Rubbishy bits of animal flesh" , "Animal entrails and internal organs - worthless" , "Bits of waste meat" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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