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Rejected matter not available to a Liberal (5)

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offal

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'rejected matter' is the definition.
'offal' can be an answer for 'matter' (offal is a kind of matter). I'm unsure of the 'rejected' bit.

'not available to a liberal' is the wordplay.
'not available' becomes 'off' (I've seen this in other clues).
'to a liberal' becomes 'al' (I've seen this in other clues).
'off'+'al'='OFFAL'

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(Other definitions for offal that I've seen before include "Animal entrails and internal organs as rubbish" , "Entrails used as food" , "cheap meat" , "Internal organs of an animal used as food" , "Heart, liver, kidney etc" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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