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Curried
lamb
follows
starter
of
egg
and
finally
plum
preserve
(6)
Curried lamb follows starter of egg and finally plum preserve (6)
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The definition is at the end of the clue.
How the clue works
Look at preserve at the end — that's your definition, as in what you do to a body. You build the answer in pieces: E is the starter (first letter) of egg, then curried lamb tells you to anagram LAMB to get MBAL, and finally plum gives you the last letter of plum, which is M.