Beast (7)
'beast' is the definition.
(a beast is an animal)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for animal that I've seen before include "Brute - one of the Muppets" , "Living creature with voluntary motion" , "Any organism capable of voluntary movement" , "Living organism characterised by voluntary movement" , "Such as 13 ac" .)
'beast' is the definition.
(I know that beast can be written as brute)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for brute that I've seen before include "Heartless individual" , "'Et tu, - - !' (J.Caesar)" , "Beast - "Et tu ____ !"" , "Cruelly rapacious person" , "Solely physical" .)
'beast' is the definition.
(beast can mean a monster or creature)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for monster that I've seen before include "Behemoth" , "Gigantic" , "A dragon" , "something large and ugly" , "Stupendous" .)