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Meat free? See inside (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

escalope

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

'free? see inside' is the wordplay.
'free?' becomes 'escape' (to escape is to free oneself from a place).
'see' becomes 'lo' (archaic word meaning 'look!').
'inside' is an insertion indicator.
'escape' placed around 'lo' is 'ESCALOPE'.

(Other definitions for escalope that I've seen before include "Cut of meat" , "Thin slice of boneless veal" , "what might feature in the catering" , "Thin piece of meat" , "Thin slice of boneless meat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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