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Hotel before noon provides meat (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ham

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

'hotel before noon' is the wordplay.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'before noon' becomes 'am' (as in AM on a clock).
'h'+'am'='HAM'

'provides' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for ham that I've seen before include "Bad actor; Noah son" , "One of Noah's sons" , "Food" , "Overacting pig?" , "Meat of the hog" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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