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Confirm escape of wild animal? (4,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bear out

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'confirm' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'escape of wild animal?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found in the answer.
'animal?' could be 'bear' (bear is a kind of animal) and 'bear' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ut' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for bear out that I've seen before include "Confirm - or carry from house" , "Corroborate, support with evidence" , "Confirm - or carry away" , "Confirm (something)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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