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Composer drops in for a bit of pork (4)

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I believe the answer is:

chop

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'composer' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.

'drops in for a bit of pork' is the wordplay.
'drops in for' becomes 'cho' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a bit of' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'pork' is 'p'.
'cho'+'p'='CHOP'

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(Other definitions for chop that I've seen before include "Cutlet" , "Reduce drastically" , "Thick slice of meat, often with rib" , "Use a cleaver" , "Cut by blow of axe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Globe and Mail.
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