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Agreement about money held by bridge player being an obvious target (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

easy meat

'an obvious target' is the definition.
(easy meat means an obvious or easy target)

'agreement about money held by bridge player' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'about' could be 'a' (abbreviation in Chambers) and 'a' is found within the answer.
'money' could be 'm' (abbreviation used in economics) and 'm' is found in the answer.
'agreement' could be 'yea' (archaic form of 'yes') and 'yea' is found within the remaining letters.
'player' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'st' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'being' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for easy meat that I've seen before include "No challenge" , "Sitting duck" , "mug" , "a mark" , "child's play" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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