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Clean mince contained meat (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

decontaminate

'clean' is the definition.
(decontaminating is a kind of cleaning)

'mince contained meat' is the wordplay.
'mince' indicates an anagram.
'contained'+'meat'='containedmeat'
'containedmeat' anagrammed gives 'DECONTAMINATE'.

(Other definitions for decontaminate that I've seen before include "Remove dangerous substances from" , "Remove dangerous substance from (something)" , "Purify; make safe" , "Remove the bad" , "Remove pollution from" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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