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Rip sabre out making trimmed cut (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sparerib

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'trimmed cut' is the definition.
'sparerib' can be an answer for 'cut' (sparerib is a kind of cut). I am not certain of the 'trimmed' bit.

'rip sabre out' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'rip'+'sabre'='ripsabre'
'ripsabre' is an anagram of 'SPARERIB'.

'making' is the link.

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(Other definitions for sparerib that I've seen before include "Cut of pork" , "Only a little pork on this bone" , "Meat on the bone served in barbecue sauce" , "Part of pork joint" , "Eve's origin" .)

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