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Alaskan animal with dark beak, I gathered, visited by duck (6,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kodiak bear

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'alaskan animal' is the definition.
'Kodiak bear' can be an answer for 'animal' (thesaurus). I'm not sure about the 'alaskan' bit.

'dark beak i gathered visited by duck' is the wordplay.
'gathered' indicates anagramming the letters (the letters are gathered into a new order).
'visited by' is an insertion indicator.
'duck' becomes 'o' (resembles zero - 'duck' in cricket).
'dark'+'beak'+'i'='darkbeaki'
'darkbeaki' with letters rearranged gives 'kdiakbear'.
'kdiakbear' enclosing 'o' is 'KODIAK BEAR'.

'with' acts as a link.

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