The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 4 letter word RED MEAT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result RED MEAT
- Communist police arresting a lamb, perhaps?
- Minor thing rolled out for royalty stuffed with English beef, say?
- Lamb, for example, reportedly studied answer
- Termed a sort of iron-rich item
- Soviet team prepared protein-rich food
- Embarrassed maiden has to consume non-vegetarian food
- You’ll see me in trade after butchering
- Possibly beef about article dropped from corrected mandate
- Moderate shifts with no love for lamb, say
- Possibly duck out of Soviet rally, say
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The straight part
We know that "protein-rich food" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case protein-rich food = red meat.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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