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Creature’s very energy absorbed by other creature (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

beaver

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'creature's' is the definition.
(beaver is a kind of creature)

'very energy absorbed by other creature' is the wordplay.
'very' becomes 'v' (abbreviation).
'energy' becomes 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mce).
'absorbed by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'other creature' becomes 'bear' (bear is a kind of creature. I am not sure about the 'other' bit.).
'v'+'e'='ve'
've' going within 'bear' is 'BEAVER'.

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(Other definitions for beaver that I've seen before include "Lodge builder" , "Large furry rodent" , "Lodge-making rodent" , "Dam-builder" , "Furry animal that builds dam" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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