Denial involving one among beasts (6)

I believe the answer is:

daniel

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'one among beasts' is the definition.
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'denial involving' is the wordplay.
'involving' indicates an anagram.
'denial' anagrammed gives 'DANIEL'.

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(Other definitions for daniel that I've seen before include "Author of 11 16" , "-- Defoe; -- Barenboim" , "Hebrew prophet saved from the lions' den" , "-- Deronda (Eliot)" , "Craig, Day-Lewis or Radcliffe?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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