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A research area in Korea hybridised marsupial (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

koala bear

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'marsupial' is the definition.
(koala bear is a kind of marsupial)

'a research area in korea hybridised' is the wordplay.
'research area' becomes 'lab' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'hybridised' is an anagram indicator (letters hybridised or mixed up).
'a'+'lab'='alab'
'korea' anagrammed gives 'koear'.
'alab' placed within 'koear' is 'KOALA BEAR'.

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(Other definitions for koala bear that I've seen before include "Australian resident" , "Australian arboreal marsupial" , "Native of Australia" , "Aussie tree-hugger" , "Marsupial climber" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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