Cut meat desire following slight stomach upset (5)

Times Cryptic #28730 | 2 Down | 2023-10-10
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Times for the Times have:

CRAVE (desire) becomes CARVE when internal letters (its ‘stomach’) are switched [upset]. I think ‘slight’ is there to indicate that only two  letters are involved in the switch.

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