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Steak done badly in French place (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tournedos

'steak' is the definition.
(tournedos is a kind of steak)

'done badly in french place' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'french place' becomes 'tours' (French city).
'done' with letters rearranged gives 'nedo'.
'nedo' going into 'tours' is 'TOURNEDOS'.

(Other definitions for tournedos that I've seen before include "Thick slice" , "Steak" , "Small round thick beef fillet" , "Steaks" , "Round thick fillet cut" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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