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Look in skip -- for thin veal slice? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

escalope

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'thin veal slice?' is the definition.
'escalope' can be an answer for 'slice?' (escalope is a kind of slice). I am not sure about the 'thin veal' bit.

'look in skip' is the wordplay.
'look' becomes 'lo' (archaic exclamation meaning 'look!').
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'skip' becomes 'escape' (skip can mean to leave or escape).
'lo' inserted within 'escape' is 'ESCALOPE'.

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for escalope that I've seen before include "Thin piece of meat" , "what might feature in the catering" , "food" , "Thin slice of boneless veal" , "F" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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