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Animals that chew tubers (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brutes

'animals' is the definition.
('brute' can be a synonym of 'animal')

'chew tubers' is the wordplay.
'chew' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'chewed' mean this).
'tubers' is an anagram of 'BRUTES'.

'that' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for brutes that I've seen before include "Savagely violent men or animals" , "Savages" , "Animals other than humans (6)" , "Beasts" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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