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Pork meat from Cuba condemned (5)

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I believe the answer is:

bacon

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'pork' is the definition.
(bacon is a kind of pork)

'from cuba condemned' is the wordplay.
'from' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'BACON' is hidden in the letters of 'cuba condemned'.

'meat' is the link.
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(Other definitions for bacon that I've seen before include "Cured meat from pig" , "Eg, rashers" , "friar" , "Cured back or side of pork" , "sizzler" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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