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Beast of burden turned everyone against master (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

llama

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

'turned everyone against master' is the wordplay.
'turned' is a reversal indicator.
'everyone' becomes 'all' (all people).
'against' says to put letters next to each other.
'master' becomes 'ma' (Master of Arts).
'all' back-to-front is 'lla'.
'lla'+'ma'='LLAMA'

(Other definitions for llama that I've seen before include "20vian beast" , "mammal that chews cud" , "Andean beast of burden" , "South American animal of the camel family" , "South American native" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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