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Start to roast stuffing, cuts of meat and shoots without dressing (7)

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I believe the answer is:

streaks

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'shoots without dressing' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'start to roast stuffing cuts of meat' is the wordplay.
'start to' says to take the initial letters.
'stuffing' is an insertion indicator.
'cuts of meat' becomes 'steaks' (I've seen this before).
The initial letter of 'roast' is 'r'.
'r' placed within 'steaks' is 'STREAKS'.

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for streaks that I've seen before include "Stripes for skaters" , "Runs naughtily nude in public" , "Skaters (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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