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Beefy yet big-headedly sheepish! (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bovine

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'beefy' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'big-headedly sheepish' is the wordplay.
'big-headedly' becomes 'b' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'sheepish' becomes 'ovine' (I've seen this in another clue).
'b'+'ovine'='BOVINE'

'yet' is the link.

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(Other definitions for bovine that I've seen before include "dense" , "Resembling cattle" , "(Like a) yak, for example" , "Cowlike" , "Like a cow" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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