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Cheese left, acknowledge unfinished (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

port salut

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

'left acknowledge unfinished' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'left' could be 'al' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'al' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for port salut that I've seen before include "Type of French cheese" , "mild cheese" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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