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Butler spoils veal temperature (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

valet

'butler' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'spoils veal temperature' is the wordplay.
'spoils' indicates an anagram.
'temperature' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'veal' is an anagram of 'vale'.
'vale'+'t'='VALET'

(Other definitions for valet that I've seen before include "dresser" , "Gentleman's gentleman" , "Personal serving man" , "Gentleman's attendant" , "Personal male assistant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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