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Oriental cutlery stays on cut of meat (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chopsticks

'oriental cutlery' is the definition.
(chopsticks are used for eating Chinese food)

'stays on cut of meat' is the wordplay.
'stays' becomes 'sticks' ('stick' can be a synonym of 'stay').
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'cut of meat' becomes 'chop' (chop is a kind of cut of meat).
'sticks' after 'chop' is 'CHOPSTICKS'.

(Other definitions for chopsticks that I've seen before include "simple piano melody" , "Eating aid - simple piece for piano" , "eating utensils" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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