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Animal in motion panicking - too right (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

potoroo

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

'in motion panicking too right' is the wordplay.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'motion' becomes 'poo' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'panicking' is an anagram indicator.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'too'+'r'='toor'
'toor' is an anagram of 'otor'.
'poo' enclosing 'otor' is 'POTOROO'.

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(Other definitions for potoroo that I've seen before include "Small rat-kangaroo" , "Little Oz animal" , "Nocturnal Australian marsupial" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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