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Such meat can be provided by Henry Gore (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

halal

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'such meat' is the definition.
'halal' can be an answer for 'meat' (halal meat, meat conforming to Muslim law). I'm not certain of the 'such' bit.

'provided by henry gore' is the wordplay.
'provided by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'henry' becomes 'hal' (short for Henry).
'gore' becomes 'al' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'hal' next to 'al' is 'HALAL'.

'can be' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for halal that I've seen before include "Meat slaughtered in accordance with Islamic law" , "specially prepared type of meat" , "specially-prepared meat" , "(Meat from animals killed) according to Muslim law" , "(Of meat) suitable for Muslims" .)

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