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Animal sounding husky (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hoarse

'husky' is the definition.
(I know that husky can be written as hoarse)

'animal sounding' is the wordplay.
'animal' becomes 'horse' (type of animal).
'sounding' shows a homophone (sound like).
'horse' is a homophone of 'HOARSE'.

(Other definitions for hoarse that I've seen before include "(Of a voice) gruff or husky" , "Gravelly" , "Husky (from cold)" , "'Husky, gruff (6)'" , "With strained voice" .)

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