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If easy, is it like a piece of cake? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

meat

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'piece of cake?' is the definition.
'meat' can be an answer for 'piece' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'of cake?' bit.

'if easy is it like a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'it' could be 't' (abbreviation. e.g. in 'tis) and 't' is found in the answer.
'a' is within the answer.
The remaining letters 'me' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for meat that I've seen before include "Eg, beef or pork" , "grub, say" , "Flesh for eating" , "The flesh of animals as food" , "Spam, ham, lamb etc" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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