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Animal caught, enclosure not closing, bolted cages (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

raccoon

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

'caught enclosure not closing bolted cages' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'caught' could be 'c' (cricket abbreviation) and 'c' is located in the answer.
'not' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'racon' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for raccoon that I've seen before include "wild animal" , "Furry American mammal" , "American nocturnal mammal" , "North American mammal with a ringed tail" , "Arboreal mammal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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