The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word VEAL
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result VEAL
- Meat trade using one percent of its capital
- With no touching allowed, display flesh
- Food some have a lot
- Meat, very European, the French brought up
- ’E tucked into girl’s meat
- Food from Jersey maybe, about to be taken from show
- Girl briefly eats English beef
- Some dive a little lower for food?
- Have a longing to consume meat
- Have a little bit of meat, R maybe
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The straight part
We know that "Food from Jersey maybe" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case food from jersey maybe = veal.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 VEAL mean?
VEAL noun- The flesh of a calf (i.e. a young bovine) used for food.