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Animal worker twirling pole with energy (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

antelope

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

'worker twirling pole with energy' is the wordplay.
'worker' becomes 'ant' (worker is a type of ant).
'twirling' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'energy' becomes 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mc2).
'pole' backwards is 'elop'.
'ant'+'elop'+'e'='ANTELOPE'

(Other definitions for antelope that I've seen before include "Hoofed beast" , "Such as a gnu or eland" , "One ruminating" , "Animal related to goat" , "Springbok, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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