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Deer meat mentioned (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hart

'deer' is the definition.
(hart is a kind of deer)

'meat mentioned' is the wordplay.
'meat' becomes 'heart' (heart is a kind of meat).
'mentioned' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'heart' is a homophone of 'HART'.

(Other definitions for hart that I've seen before include "Stag" , "Animal" , "Male red-deer" , "Adult male red deer" , "Songwriting partnership, Rodgers and --" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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