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The sort of meat one took a chance with? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

diced

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'chance with?' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for diced that I've seen before include "Played with small cubes" , "Gambled or cut into cubes" , "cut into little pieces?" , "Risked" , "Chopped into cubes" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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