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Replacement comes from butchers but it's suet! (10)

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I believe the answer is:

substitute

'replacement' is the definition.
('substitute' can be a synonym of 'replacement')

'butchers but it's suet' is the wordplay.
'butchers' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'butcher' mean this).
'but'+'its'+'suet'='butitssuet'
'butitssuet' anagrammed gives 'SUBSTITUTE'.

'comes from' is the link.

(Other definitions for substitute that I've seen before include "deputy" , "Replacement" , "Put in place of another" , "Reserve" , "Stand-in" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).
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