A rook sang about marsupials (9)
I believe the answer is:
kangaroos
'marsupials' is the definition.
(I know that kangaroo is a type of marsupials)
'a rook sang about' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'rook'+'sang'='arooksang'
'arooksang' is an anagram of 'KANGAROOS'.
(Another definition for kangaroos that I've seen is " Large leaping mammals".)
I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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