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A horse/sheep mix-up (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

anagram

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'mix-up' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a horsesheep' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for anagram that I've seen before include "Eg "oscillation" of "colonialist"" , "Word rearranged from the letters of another" , "Word formed by rearranging another word" , "Scramble of letters (to make trestle, perhaps)" , "Mix-up" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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