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Intended for chicken, say, around noon (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

meant

'intended' is the definition.
(to mean something is to intend it)

'chicken say around noon' is the wordplay.
'chicken say' becomes 'meat' (chicken is a kind of meat).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'noon' becomes 'n' (abbreviation).
'meat' enclosing 'n' is 'MEANT'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for meant that I've seen before include "designed" , "Had as purpose or design" , "proposed" , "Intended, had in mind" , "Implied" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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