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Animal with a bad temper -- he creates disaster (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

catastrophe

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'disaster' is the definition.
('catastrophe' can be a synonym of 'disaster')

'animal with a bad temper he' is the wordplay.
'animal with' becomes 'cat' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'bad temper' becomes 'strop' (I've seen this before).
'cat'+'a'+'strop'+'he'='CATASTROPHE'

'creates' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for catastrophe that I've seen before include "Utter disaster" , "Terrible event" , "Calamity" , "Great disaster" , "Denouement" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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