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Ant-eater paralysed ants regularly (6)

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I believe the answer is:

numbat

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'ant-eater' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'paralysed ants regularly' is the wordplay.
'paralysed' becomes 'numb' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'regularly' means one should take alternating letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
The alternating letters of 'ants' are 'at'.
'numb'+'at'='NUMBAT'

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(Other definitions for numbat that I've seen before include "one bright-eyed and bushy-tailed?" , "Termite-eating marsupial" , "insectivore" , "Australian native" .)

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