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Bread we gather for animal (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

doe

'for animal' is the definition.
(doe is a kind of animal)

'bread we gather' is the wordplay.
'bread' becomes 'dough' (both can informally mean money).
'we gather' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue (gather can mean to hear).
'dough' is a homophone of 'DOE'.

(Other definitions for doe that I've seen before include "Female kangaroo" , "female of the species" , "Mummy rabbit" , "partner for a buck" , "Female hare" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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