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Is cat meat made to chew? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

masticate

'chew?' is the definition.
('masticate' can be a synonym of 'chew')

'is cat meat made' is the wordplay.
'made' indicates anagramming the letters.
'is'+'cat'+'meat'='iscatmeat'
'iscatmeat' is an anagram of 'MASTICATE'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for masticate that I've seen before include "Crush" , "deal with mouthful" , "Torpor" , "champ" , "Chew food" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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