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Auction includes British fur (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sable

'fur' is the definition.
(sable is a kind of fur)

'auction includes british' is the wordplay.
'auction' becomes 'sale' (type of sale).
'includes' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'british' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in 'BBC').
'sale' placed around 'b' is 'SABLE'.

(Other definitions for sable that I've seen before include "Bales of precious fur" , "Adventurous courage" , "Bales of rich fur" , "fur coat" , "Fur from member of weasel family" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express and The Mirror.
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