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A little water rat I classified as wandering (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

erratic

'wandering' is the definition.
(I know that wandering can be written as erratic)

'a little water rat i classified' is the wordplay.
'a little' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue (a little bit of the clue).
'ERRATIC' is hidden within 'water rat i classified'.

'as' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for erratic that I've seen before include "Inconstant" , "Eccentric, aberrant" , "Wandering" , "Inconsistent, shifting" , "Volatile" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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