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Be evasive about taking in island horse (8)

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I believe the answer is:

stallion

'horse' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'be evasive about taking in island' is the wordplay.
'be evasive' becomes 'stall' (I've seen this before).
'about' becomes 'on' (**).
'taking in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'island' becomes 'i'.
'stall'+'on'='stallon'
'stallon' enclosing 'i' is 'STALLION'.

(Other definitions for stallion that I've seen before include "Stud" , "Uncastrated adult male horse" , "Male horse, often used for breeding" , "Mare's mate" , "Male steed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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