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Soviet team prepared protein-rich food (3,4)

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I believe the answer is:

red meat

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'protein-rich food' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'soviet team prepared' is the wordplay.
'soviet' becomes 'red' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'prepared' is an anagram indicator.
'team' anagrammed gives 'meat'.
'red'+'meat'='RED MEAT'

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(Other definitions for red meat that I've seen before include "Beef e.g." , "Beef is one" , "Lamb perhaps" , "Soak up" , "Beef, venison or lamb, for example" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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