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Trimmed beef, say (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mown

'trimmed' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'beef say' is the wordplay.
'beef' becomes 'moan' (I've seen this before).
'say' shows a homophone (sound like).
'moan' sounds like 'MOWN'.

(Other definitions for mown that I've seen before include "Cut down with a blade" , "Block of cast metal" , "(Of grass) cut" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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