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Finished with strike over one beef (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pastrami

'beef' is the definition.
(pastrami is a kind of beef)

'finished with strike over one' is the wordplay.
'finished with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'strike' becomes 'ram' (I've seen this before).
'over' becomes 'past' (I've seen this before**).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'ram' put after 'past' is 'pastram'.
'pastram'+'i'='PASTRAMI'

(Other definitions for pastrami that I've seen before include "beef dish" , "Thinly sliced beef" , "smoked joint" , "Smoked, highly-seasoned cut of beef" , "Sliced cured beef" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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