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Animal cold in Shanghai, say? (10)

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I believe the answer is:

chinchilla

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'animal' is the definition.
(chinchilla is a kind of animal)

'cold in shanghai say?' is the wordplay.
'cold' becomes 'chill' (chill is a kind of cold).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'shanghai say?' becomes 'china' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'chill' put inside 'china' is 'CHINCHILLA'.

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(Other definitions for chinchilla that I've seen before include "(Fur of) a small South American rodent" , "Soft grey fur" , "furry creature" , "little furry animal" , "Rabbit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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