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Forbid eating firm meat (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bacon

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

'forbid eating firm' is the wordplay.
'forbid' becomes 'ban' (banning is a kind of forbiding).
'eating' indicates putting letters inside.
'firm' becomes 'co' (a firm is a company).
'ban' placed around 'co' is 'BACON'.

(Other definitions for bacon that I've seen before include "Writer of essays" , "Meat - essayist - painter" , "Meat one can bring home" , "Francis --, Irish painter" , "Meat (that's brought home?)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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