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Devour pork for instance without starter (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eat

'devour' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'pork for instance without starter' is the wordplay.
'pork for instance' becomes 'meat' (pork is an example).
'without starter' means to remove the first letter.
'meat' with its first letter removed is 'EAT'.

(Other definitions for eat that I've seen before include "put away" , "Consume for tea" , "Scoff" , "Dine in a restaurant" , "Partake of" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Times.
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