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Joint description of Eve's origin (5,3)

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5,3

spare rib

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'joint' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'description of eve's origin' is the wordplay.
'description of' becomes 'spare' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'eve's origin' becomes 'rib' (I've seen this in another clue).
'spare'+'rib'='SPARE-RIB'

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(Other definitions for spare rib that I've seen before include "Barbecued bone?" , "it's hardly a chop)" , "Meat on the bone, perhaps in barbecue sauce" , "Pork joint" , "Adam, apparently, had one" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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