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Starters of pork after lazily eating pasty (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pale

'pasty' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'starters of pork after lazily eating' is the wordplay.
'starters of' says to take the initial letters.
The first letters of 'pork after lazily eating' is 'PALE'.

(Other definitions for pale that I've seen before include "Ashen" , "beyond which one is out of line?" , "Without much colour" , "Having less colour than normal" , "Upright member" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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