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Plate of meat eaten leisurely for starters (7)

Ross

I think it could be either:

lamella

roundel

'plate' is the definition.
(I know that roundel is a type of armor plate)

'meat eaten leisurely for starters' is the wordplay.
'meat' becomes 'round' (round is a kind of meat).
'for starters' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'eaten leisurely' is 'el'.
'round'+'el'='ROUNDEL'

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for roundel that I've seen before include "Circular emblem (heraldry)" , "Circular identifying mark on a military aircraft" , "Refrain" , "Circular marking on RAF plane" , "Circle identifying aircraft" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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