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Animal and insect run away together (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

antelope

'animal' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'insect run away together' is the wordplay.
'insect' becomes 'ant' (ant is a kind of insect).
'run away together' becomes 'elope' (I've seen this in another clue).
'ant'+'elope'='ANTELOPE'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for antelope that I've seen before include "it runs very quickly" , "Springbok, perhaps" , "Animal related to goat" , "grazing animal" , "Springbok or gnu?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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