Biting food female's left uncooked (7)

I believe the answer is:

tartare

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'uncooked' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'biting food female's left' is the wordplay.
'biting' becomes 'tart' (both can mean acerbic).
'food female's' becomes 'era' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'left' is a reversal indicator.
'era' in reverse letter order is 'are'.
'tart'+'are'='TARTARE'

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(Other definitions for tartare that I've seen before include "Type of mayonnaise sauce" , "(Mayonnaise) sauce; raw (steak)" , "Served raw, steak say" , "Mayonnaise dressing served with fish" , "Saucy thing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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