The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CUTLET
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result CUTLET
- Crufts regularly allowed meat on the bone
- Pretty tentative initially about large portion of meat
- Chop a savoury cake
- Reduction in size permitted in meat
- Leas? Piece for a few swallows only
- Lettuce endlessly chopped in dish
- Rib Gran?
- Excise permit for meat?
- 8 Something to eat — reduced or allowed?
- Reject/allow Indian snack?
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The straight part
We know that "meat on the bone" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case meat on the bone = cutlet.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does CUTLET mean?
CUTLET noun- A thin slice of meat, usually fried.
- A chop, a specific piece of meat (especially pork, chicken or beef) cut from the side of an animal.
- A piece of fish that has been cut perpendicular to the spine, rather than parallel (as with a fillet); often synonymous with steak.
- A prawn or shrimp with its head and outer shell removed, leaving only the flesh and tail.