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What cow does ruins meat, unfortunately (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ruminates

'what cow does' is the definition.

'ruins meat unfortunately' is the wordplay.
'unfortunately' indicates an anagram (a bad or unfortunate spelling).
'ruins'+'meat'='ruinsmeat'
'ruinsmeat' anagrammed gives 'RUMINATES'.

(Other definitions for ruminates that I've seen before include "Considers" , "Chews the cud and ponders" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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