The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word FILLET
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result FILLET
- Motel life holds up 27
- Have weight if returning boned slice of fish
- Remove certain content from paper containing bad English
- Take back order, supposing that it’s sliced fish or meat
- Cut of meat? Stuff the thing, they say
- Stock and French cut of meat
- Beginning to feed weak stranger with a piece of meat
- KrisKross will break iron bar to make a narrow strip
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The straight part
We know that "cut of meat" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case cut of meat = fillet.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does FILLET mean?
FILLET noun- A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.
- A fine strip of any material, in various technical uses.
- A heavy bead of waterproofing compound or sealant material generally installed at the point where vertical and horizontal surfaces meet.
- (drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an inside edge, added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
- A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones and skin and feathers have been removed.
- A fine flat moulding/molding used as separation between coarser mouldings.
- The space between two flutings in a shaft.
- An ordinary equal in breadth to one quarter of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.
- The thread of a screw.
- A colored or gilded border.
- The raised moulding around the muzzle of a gun.
- Any scantling smaller than a batten.
- A fascia; a band of fibres; applied especially to certain bands of white matter in the brain.
- The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.
- To slice, bone or make into fillets.
- To apply, create, or specify a rounded or filled corner to.