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Cry of huge animal that's audible? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wail

'cry' is the definition.
(I know that wail is a type of cry)

'huge animal that's audible?' is the wordplay.
'huge animal' becomes 'whale' (whales are large animals).
'that's audible?' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue (I've seen 'audible' mean this).
'whale' sounds like 'WAIL'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for wail that I've seen before include "(Make a) plaintive cry" , "Lamentation" , "Mournful cry" , "Prolonged cry" , "Sorrowful cry" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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