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Recall battle to get fabric used to make product (3,8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

raw material

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'product' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both substances as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'recall battle to get fabric' is the wordplay.
'recall' is a reversal indicator.
'battle' becomes 'war' (armed conflict).
'to get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'fabric' becomes 'material' (synonyms).
'war' written backwards gives 'raw'.
'raw'+'material'='RAW MATERIAL'

'used to make' is the link.

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(Other definitions for raw material that I've seen before include "Unprocessed resource" , "something uncooked" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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