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Animal with plenty to keep quiet about? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sloth

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

'plenty to keep quiet about?' is the wordplay.
'plenty' becomes 'lot' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to keep quiet' becomes 'sh' (as in shushing someone).
'about?' is an insertion indicator.
'lot' inserted within 'sh' is 'SLOTH'.

'with' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for sloth that I've seen before include "Deadly sin - upside-down mammal" , "Aversion to industry" , "Indolence" , "Arboreal animal" , "One of the seven deadly sins" .)

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