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Firm sauce served up for cat (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cougar

'for cat' is the definition.
(cougar is a kind of cat)

'firm sauce served up' is the wordplay.
'firm' becomes 'co' (a firm is a company).
'sauce' becomes 'ragu' (I've seen this before).
'served up' says the letters should be written backwards (in a down clue, going upwards).
'ragu' in reverse letter order is 'ugar'.
'co'+'ugar'='COUGAR'

(Other definitions for cougar that I've seen before include "Cat, aka puma" , "N American mountain lion, puma" , "American wildcat, puma" , "Another name for puma" , "Big cat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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