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Creature that turns up in laminated wood (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

animal

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'creature' is the definition.
(I know that animal is a type of creature)

'turns up in laminated wood' is the wordplay.
'ANIMAL' is hidden back-to-front in amongst the letters.
However, I'm not sure how this is indicated.

'that' is the link.

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(Other definitions for animal that I've seen before include "It shares the world with vegetable and mineral" , "Kind of instinct" , "Beast from Manila" , "Animate being" , "Source of meat" .)

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