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’E tucked into girl’s meat (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

veal

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

''e tucked into girl's' is the wordplay.
'tucked into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'girl' becomes 'val' (short for Valerie**).
'e' inserted inside 'val' is 'VEAL'.

(Other definitions for veal that I've seen before include "what the meat course may be" , "White meat" , "Calf flesh" , "Calf meat" , "Calf's flesh as food" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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