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Danger in chancy operation offering meat (7)

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I believe the answer is:

brisket

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'meat' is the definition.
(I know that brisket is a type of meat)

'danger in chancy operation' is the wordplay.
'danger' becomes 'risk' (risk is a kind of danger).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'chancy operation' becomes 'bet' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'risk' going inside 'bet' is 'BRISKET'.

'offering' is the link.

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(Other definitions for brisket that I've seen before include "Breast of four-legged animal" , "Risk bet on a strange cut of meat" , "Meat from a cow's chest" , "joint of meat" , "Meat cut from the breast of a cow" .)

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