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Working on meat and various ingredients (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tenderising

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'working on meat and' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'various ingredients' is the wordplay.
'various' indicates an anagram.
'ingredients' anagrammed gives 'TENDERISING'.

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(Another definition for tenderising that I've seen is " breaking down".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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