Approved adding spicier centre in cheapest meat (8)

I believe the answer is:

official

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'approved' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'spicier centre in cheapest meat' is the wordplay.
'centre' says to take the centre.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'cheapest meat' becomes 'offal' (offal is a kind of meat. I am not sure about the 'cheapest' bit.).
The middle of 'spicier' is 'ici'.
'ici' placed within 'offal' is 'OFFICIAL'.

'adding' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for official that I've seen before include "Authoritative" , "Authorative" , "agent" , "It's no rumour - he's in charge" , "Bureaucrat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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