Beast an English Youth Hostel rejected (5)

I believe the answer is:

hyena

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

'an english youth hostel rejected' is the wordplay.
'english youth hostel' becomes 'eyh' (this might be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'rejected' is a reversal indicator.
'an'+'eyh'='aneyh'
'aneyh' backwards is 'HYENA'.

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(Other definitions for hyena that I've seen before include "Beast" , "one may be spotted" , "African carrion-feeder" , "Scavenging carnivore" , "Dog-like carrion eater" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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