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Orderly cut and chewed dainty morsel (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tidbit

'dainty morsel' is the definition.

'orderly cut and chewed' is the wordplay.
'orderly' becomes 'tidy' ('tidy' can be similar in meaning to 'orderly').
'cut' means to remove the last letter.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'chewed' becomes 'bit'.
'tidy' with its last letter taken off is 'tid'.
'tid'+'bit'='TIDBIT'

(Other definitions for tidbit that I've seen before include "tasty morsel" , "Delicacy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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