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Rodent meat sensation announced (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hamster

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'rodent' is the definition.
(I know that hamster is a type of cricetinae)

'meat sensation announced' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'meat' could be 'ham' (ham is a kind of meat) and 'ham' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ster' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for hamster that I've seen before include "Rodent often kept as pet" , "Oddly, the arms of a rodent" , "Pet rodent, may be golden" , "Animal" , "Small pet rodent with pouched cheeks" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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