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Competitor with a hare in an Aesop tale (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tortoise

(Other definitions for tortoise that I've seen before include "One that kept leading Achilles" , "he's slow to eat lettuce etc" , "Would this animal turn to Tories?" , "One shelled" , "This creature might turn to Tories" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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