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Complaint springing up over weight used in meat dish (4,10)

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I believe the answer is:

beef wellington

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'meat dish' is the definition.
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'complaint springing up over weight' is the wordplay.
'complaint' becomes 'beef' (beef can mean a complaint or objection).
'springing up' becomes 'welling' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'over' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters go over others).
'weight' becomes 'ton' (unit of weight).
'beef'+'welling'+'ton'='BEEF WELLINGTON'

'used in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for beef wellington that I've seen before include "Menu item" , "meal" , "dish - with 10a" , "meat dish" , "Meat-in-pastry dish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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