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Proper gravy with roast, finally (4)

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I believe the answer is:

just

'proper' is the definition.
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'gravy with roast finally' is the wordplay.
'gravy' becomes 'jus' (jus is a type of gravy).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'finally' suggests the final letters.
The final letter of 'roast' is 't'.
'jus'+'t'='JUST'

(Other definitions for just that I've seen before include "Book by Richmal Crompton" , "Fair - precisely" , "Barely; impartial" , "And nothing more" , "Simply - fair" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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