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Consumed a bit of meat with some greens (5)

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I believe the answer is:

eaten

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'consumed' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'a bit of meat with some greens' is the wordplay.
'a bit of meat' becomes 'aten' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'some' indicates the central letters.
'greens' becomes 'sea greens' (sea green is a kind of green).
The centre of 'sea' is 'e'.
'aten' put after 'e' is 'EATEN'.

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(Other definitions for eaten that I've seen before include "corroded" , "demolished, possibly" , "having taken courses?" , "used for food" , "Crammed" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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