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Beast pale then revitalised (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elephant

'beast' is the definition.
(elephant is a kind of beast)

'pale then revitalised' is the wordplay.
'revitalised' is an anagram indicator.
'pale'+'then'='palethen'
'palethen' anagrammed gives 'ELEPHANT'.

(Other definitions for elephant that I've seen before include "African or Inidan pachyderm" , "Pachyderm hunted for ivory" , "Large animal found in the plane?" , "bigger one from two continents?" , "Source of ivory" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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