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Cook clouts insect (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

locust

'insect' is the definition.
(locust is a kind of insect)

'cook clouts' is the wordplay.
'cook' is an anagram indicator.
'clouts' with letters rearranged gives 'LOCUST'.

(Other definitions for locust that I've seen before include "Destructive insect; tree" , "Destructive creature" , "Voracious grasshopper that travels in swarms" , "It strips plants" , "Swarming, devouring, insect" .)

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