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Buy a meat loaf stuffed with root vegetable (3)

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I believe the answer is:

yam

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'root vegetable' is the definition.
(yam is a kind of root vegetable)

'buy a meat loaf stuffed' is the wordplay.
'YAM' is hidden in amongst the letters.
However, I am unsure how the hidden word is indicated.

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for yam that I've seen before include "May be a sweet spud" , "May be a sweet potato" , "Tropical climber" , "Tropical root vegetable" , "May be a foreign potato" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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