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Soak odd meaty sides (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rummy

'soak' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'odd meaty sides' is the wordplay.
'odd' becomes 'rum' (rum can mean strange or dubious).
'sides' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (only the letters on the sides are used).
'meaty' with its middle removed is 'my'.
'rum'+'my'='RUMMY'

(Other definitions for rummy that I've seen before include "Gin perhaps?" , "Set, sequence card game" , "game of cards" , "Odd; card-game" , "Peculiar - card game" .)

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