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Stewed lamb's tail brought up (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

braised

'stewed' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'lamb's tail brought up' is the wordplay.
'tail' suggests the final letters.
'brought up' becomes 'raised' ('raise' can be a synonym of 'bring up').
The last letter of 'lamb' is 'b'.
'b'+'raised'='BRAISED'

(Other definitions for braised that I've seen before include "Stewed in closed pot" , "Fried then slowly stewed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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