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Quality of authentic meal being reported (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

property

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'quality' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'authentic meal being reported' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'authentic' could be 'proper' (I've seen this before) and 'proper' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for property that I've seen before include "Real estate" , "Possessions, collectively" , "Attribute; chattel" , "Belongings" , "piece of land" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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