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French beef cooked minus oil (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

limousin

'french beef' is the definition.
(breed of French cattle)

'cooked minus oil' is the wordplay.
'cooked' is an anagram indicator (letters cooked into a new form).
'minus'+'oil'='minusoil'
'minusoil' anagrammed gives 'LIMOUSIN'.

(Other definitions for limousin that I've seen before include "French breed of cattle" , "Kind of stock" , "Cow" , "French district" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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