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A wild animal died, being trained? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aboard

'being trained?' is the definition.
(eg aboard a 'train')

'a wild animal died' is the wordplay.
'wild animal' becomes 'boar' (**).
'died' becomes 'd'.
'a'+'boar'+'d'='ABOARD'

(Other definitions for aboard that I've seen before include "on a ferry?" , "in a car" , "on a train, perhaps" , "A poet penning nothing on vessel" , "On (a ship, train, etc)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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