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Animals unleashed? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

strays

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'animals' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Homeless animals ' mean 'strays' so perhaps 'animals' could also mean 'strays')

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(Other definitions for strays that I've seen before include "Wanders off the right path" , "Homeless people's" , "Wanders off the beaten track, gets lost" , "Goes off course" , "Gets lost, wanders away from the track" .)

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