Stews: a tiny bit of gristle stuck in teeth (7)

I believe the answer is:

tagines

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'stews' is the definition.
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'a tiny bit of gristle stuck in teeth' is the wordplay.
'tiny bit of' says to take the initial letters.
'stuck in' is an insertion indicator.
'teeth' becomes 'tines' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
The initial letter of 'gristle' is 'g'.
'a'+'g'='ag'
'ag' placed within 'tines' is 'TAGINES'.

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(Another definition for tagines that I've seen is " stews".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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