Animals straying in a small way (6)

I believe the answer is:

llamas

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

'a small way' is the wordplay.
'way' indicates anagramming the letters (another way of arranging the letters).
'a'+'small'='asmall'
'asmall' anagrammed gives 'LLAMAS'.

'straying in' is the link.
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(Other definitions for llamas that I've seen before include "South American animals like the camel" , "S American animals related to the camel" , "Camel-like animals" , "Andean pack animals" , "Sal and Mal for the animals" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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