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Brothers and sisters grab peeler and make a meal of meat (5,4)

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I believe the answer is:

spare ribs

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'meat' is the definition.
(I know that spare ribs is a type of pork meat)

'brothers and sisters grab peeler' is the wordplay.
'brothers and sisters' becomes 'sibs' (I've seen this in another clue).
'grab' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'peeler' becomes 'parer' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'sibs' placed around 'parer' is 'SPARE-RIBS'.

'and make a meal of' acts as a link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for spare ribs that I've seen before include "barbecue bites" , "Supporters after free" , "food" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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