Aesop's winner of a race with a hare (8)

I believe the answer is:

tortoise

(Other definitions for tortoise that I've seen before include "Mobile home owner?" , "he's slow to eat lettuce etc" , "Reptile with a shell" , "Land turtle" , "One that kept leading Achilles" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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