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Animal full of vegetables died satisfied (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

appeased

'satisfied' is the definition.
(appeasing is a kind of satisfying)

'animal full of vegetables died' is the wordplay.
'animal' becomes 'ape' (ape is a kind of animal**).
'full of' indicates putting letters inside.
'vegetables' becomes 'peas' (I've seen this before).
'died' becomes 'd'.
'ape' going around 'peas' is 'appease'.
'appease'+'d'='APPEASED'

(Other definitions for appeased that I've seen before include "Calmed" , "Conciliated" , "Assuaged, mollified" , "Changed a deep sap and mollified" , "Placated, pacified" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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