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Audible cry from large creature (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

whale

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

'audible cry' is the wordplay.
'audible' shows a homophone (sound like).
'cry' becomes 'wail' (wailing is a kind of crying).
'wail' is a homophone of 'WHALE'.

'from' is the link.

(Other definitions for whale that I've seen before include "Large marine mammal" , "Maybe humpback" , "Great sea mammal" , "Aquatic mammal" , "Leviathan" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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