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Meat roll in South Africa affected Liam (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

salami

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

'south africa affected liam' is the wordplay.
'south africa' becomes 'SA' (abbreviation).
'affected' is an anagram indicator.
'liam' with letters rearranged gives 'lami'.
'sa'+'lami'='SALAMI'

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(Other definitions for salami that I've seen before include "Sausage served sliced" , "Savoury snack" , "Banger" , "Highly spiced sausage" , "A highly seasoned type of sausage" .)

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