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Make mincemeat out of one submissive turning up (5)

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I believe the answer is:

keema

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'make mincemeat out' is the definition.
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'one submissive turning up' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'a' (a thing is one thing).
'submissive' becomes 'meek' (I've seen this before).
'turning up' is a reversal indicator.
'a'+'meek'='ameek'
'ameek' reversed gives 'KEEMA'.

'of' is the link.

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