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Lady before time produced fat (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

suet

'fat' is the definition.
(suet is a kind of fat)

'lady before time' is the wordplay.
'lady' becomes 'sue' (**).
'before' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'time' becomes 't'.
'sue'+'t'='SUET'

'produced' is the link.

(Other definitions for suet that I've seen before include "Solid fat used in cooking" , "Edible animal fat" , "Hard animal fat used in cooking" , "Thin pancake" , "Hard fat from beef and sheep" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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