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Lady chops veal with savage ire (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

valerie

'lady' is the definition.

'chops veal with savage ire' is the wordplay.
'chops' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'chopped' mean this (letters chopped or smashed up)).
'with' is an insertion indicator.
'savage' is an anagram indicator (to savage can mean to attack or destroy).
'veal' anagrammed gives 'vale'.
'ire' with letters rearranged gives 'eri'.
'vale' going around 'eri' is 'VALERIE'.

(Another definition for valerie that I've seen is " Girl".)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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