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Wonderful times eating bit of lamb fat (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

flabby

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'fat' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'wonderful times eating bit of lamb' is the wordplay.
'wonderful' becomes 'fab' (slang abbreviation of fabulous).
'times' becomes 'by' (both can mean 'multiplied by').
'eating' indicates putting letters inside.
'bit of' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'lamb' is 'l'.
'fab'+'by'='fabby'
'fabby' going around 'l' is 'FLABBY'.

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(Other definitions for flabby that I've seen before include "Out of condition" , "Hanging loose (like excessive fat)" , "Loose, weak (flesh)" , "Slack, loose (skin)" , "Saggy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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