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Not hard to get, but could it still be tough? (4,4)

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I believe the answer is:

easy meat

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'it still be tough?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'not hard to get but' is the wordplay.
'not hard' becomes 'easy' ('easy' is the opposite to 'hard').
'to' says to put letters next to each other.
'get but' becomes 'meat' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'easy'+'meat'='EASY MEAT'

'could' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for easy meat that I've seen before include "mug" , "Someone beaten without difficulty" , "No challenge" , "Sitting target" , "targeted victim?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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