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Animal on plate cooked around Spain (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

antelope

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

'on plate cooked around spain' is the wordplay.
'cooked' indicates an anagram (letters cooked into a new form).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'spain' becomes 'e' (abbreviation for Espana).
'on'+'plate'='onplate'
'onplate' is an anagram of 'antlope'.
'antlope' placed around 'e' is 'ANTELOPE'.

(Other definitions for antelope that I've seen before include "eg Eland" , "Graceful deer as a lone pet" , "it runs very quickly" , "Fast runner" , "Long-legged ruminant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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