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Undeserving rich and their pampered pets? (3,4)

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I believe the answer is:

fat cats

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'undeserving rich and their pampered pets?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'rich and their pampered pets?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'rich' could be 'fat' (rich can describe fat or creamy food) and 'fat' is found within the answer.
'pets?' could be 'cats' (cat is a type of pet) and 'cats' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for fat cats that I've seen before include "Large Persians" , "important people" , "Leaders of commerce" , "wealthy businessmen produced" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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