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Friday and every Saturday initially revealing side? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fries

'side?' is the definition.
(I know that fries is a type of side)

'friday and every saturday initially' is the wordplay.
'friday' becomes 'Fri' (synonyms).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'every saturday' is 'es'.
'fri'+'es'='FRIES'

'revealing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for fries that I've seen before include "food for grazing?" , "Cooks; chips (Amer.)" , "Cooks in fat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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