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Meat embargo broken by firm (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bacon

'meat' is the definition.
(bacon is a kind of meat)

'embargo broken by firm' is the wordplay.
'embargo' becomes 'ban' (I've seen this before).
'broken by' is an insertion indicator.
'firm' becomes 'co' (a firm is a company).
'ban' placed around 'co' is 'BACON'.

(Other definitions for bacon that I've seen before include "Man killed by chicken, some say" , "Francis -, twentieth century Ir. artist" , "early scientist" , "Breakfast meat?" , "friar" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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