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Piece of meat in bar floozy oddly ignored (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

saveloy

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'piece of meat' is the definition.
'saveloy' can be an answer for 'meat' (saveloy is a kind of meat). I'm not sure about the 'piece of' bit.

'bar floozy oddly ignored' is the wordplay.
'bar' becomes 'save' (both can mean 'except').
'oddly ignored' indicates alternate letters (letters in odd-numbered positions removed).
The alternate letters of 'floozy' are 'loy'.
'save'+'loy'='SAVELOY'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for saveloy that I've seen before include "Type of sausage" , "Big sausage" , "One using brains originally" , "Spicy sausage" , "Highly seasoned pork sausage - love, say (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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