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Drink given with soft meat (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rump

'meat' is the definition.
(rump is a kind of meat)

'drink given with soft' is the wordplay.
'drink' becomes 'rum' (rum is a kind of drink).
'given with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'soft' becomes 'p' (musical abbreviation for 'piano').
'rum'+'p'='RUMP'

(Other definitions for rump that I've seen before include "Rear; buttocks" , "Hind part of body" , "Inferior remains; cut of steak" , "Cut of meat form animal's hindquarters" , "Hind part; small remnant" .)

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