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But an actress can cut meat! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

butcher

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'cut meat' is the definition.
'butcher' can be an answer for 'cut' (thesaurus). I am unsure of the 'meat' bit.

'but an actress' is the wordplay.
'an actress' becomes 'cher' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'but'+'cher'='BUTCHER'

'can' is the link.

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(Other definitions for butcher that I've seen before include "more manly" , "Purveyor of meats" , "In EastEnders, Pat maybe" , "One sells meat" , "Killer" .)

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