Boar with pearls: preposterous, they're savage beasts (5,5)
I believe the answer is:
polar bears
'savage beasts' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both animals as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'boar with pearls preposterous' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'preposterous' indicates an anagram.
'boar'+'pearls'='boarpearls'
'boarpearls' anagrammed gives 'POLAR BEARS'.
'they're' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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