Crossword Genius

Animal sporting one horn? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rhino

'animal' is the definition.
(short for rhinoceros)

'sporting one horn?' is the wordplay.
'sporting' is an anagram indicator.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'i'+'horn'='ihorn'
'ihorn' with letters rearranged gives 'RHINO'.

(Other definitions for rhino that I've seen before include "Animal hunted for its horn" , "Horned beast (abbr.)" , "Powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate, informally" , "Cash" , "Large animal with a horn on its snout, in short" .)

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