Taste cut meat maid oddly cut (5)
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I believe the answer is:
umami
'taste' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'cut meat maid oddly cut' is the wordplay.
'oddly cut' means one should take alternating letters (letters in odd-numbered positions removed).
'cut'+'meat'+'maid'='cutmeatmaid'
The alternating letters of 'cutmeatmaid' are 'UMAMI'.
(Other definitions for umami that I've seen before include "acquired taste perhaps" , "Savoury taste sensation produced by glutamates - I, a mum (anag)" , "Savoury flavour" , "Fifth flavour" , "meaty taste" .)