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Discuss meat, but don’t mince words (4,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

talk turkey

'don't mince words' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'discuss meat' is the wordplay.
'discuss' becomes 'talk'.
'meat' becomes 'turkey' (turkey is a kind of meat).
'talk'+'turkey'='TALK TURKEY'

'but' is the link.

(Other definitions for talk turkey that I've seen before include "Discuss a matter straightforwardly" , "(In business) discuss frankly" , "Speak bluntly; get down to business" , "rabbit directly" , "Speak frankly (about the Christmas dinner?)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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