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Beast last to be caught by fleece (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dzo

'beast' is the definition.
(a dzo is a cow/yak hybrid)

'last to be caught by fleece' is the wordplay.
'last' becomes 'Z' (Last letter alphabet).
'to be caught by' indicates putting letters inside.
'fleece' becomes 'do' (I've seen this in other clues).
'z' inserted within 'do' is 'DZO'.

(Another definition for dzo that I've seen is " Animal".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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