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Amounts of beef and lamb maybe needed with certain chaps in (12)

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I believe the answer is:

measurements

'amounts' is the definition.

'beef and lamb maybe needed with certain chaps in' is the wordplay.
'beef and lamb maybe' becomes 'meats'.
'needed with' says to put letters next to each other.
'certain' becomes 'sure' (synonyms).
'chaps' becomes 'men' (I've seen this before).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'sure'+'men' is 'suremen'.
'meats' enclosing 'suremen' is 'MEASUREMENTS'.

'of' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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