The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word HAMSTER
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More clues leading to the result HAMSTER
- Meat back in short supply — only a comedian would eat it?!
- Rodent the rams disturbed
- Expedition runs across male rodent
- Pet hate – Mrs “Fawlty”
- The arms go round the cheeky little pet!
- Beast gets hot on Dutch dam
- Small pet-wash was left a lot of capital
- Starr reportedly had taste for this meat back in short supply
- Writing with broken heart about pet
- Rodent getting meat, mostly rump
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The straight part
We know that "pet" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case pet = hamster.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does HAMSTER mean?
HAMSTER noun- Any of various Old-World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae.
- Other rodents of similar appearance, such as the maned hamster or crested hamster, Lophiomys imhausi, mouse-like hamsters of genus Calomyscus, and the white-tailed rat (Mystromys albicaudatus).
- To secrete or store privately, as a hamster does with food in its cheek pouches.