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Animal in soup Mo's stirring (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

opossum

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

'soup mo's stirring' is the wordplay.
'stirring' indicates an anagram.
'soup'+'mos'='soupmos'
'soupmos' anagrammed gives 'OPOSSUM'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for opossum that I've seen before include "Small Australian marsupial" , "Large marsupial" , "American tree-dweller" , "Thick-furred marsupial of the Americas" , "American animal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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