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Building waste covering a wildebeest up (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bungalow

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'building waste covering a wildebeest up' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'building waste covering a wildebeest up' is the wordplay.
'building waste' becomes 'blow' (synonyms. I am not sure about the 'building' bit.).
'covering' indicates putting letters inside.
'wildebeest' becomes 'gnu' (synonyms).
'up' is a reversal indicator (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'a'+'gnu'='agnu'
'agnu' back-to-front is 'unga'.
'blow' going around 'unga' is 'BUNGALOW'.

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(Other definitions for bungalow that I've seen before include "Single-storey home" , "Type of house" , "A blowgun (anag.)" , "Single storey house" , "One-storeyed house" .)

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