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Egg-laying mammal can hide nuts (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

echidna

'egg-laying mammal' is the definition.
(echidna is a kind of egg-laying mammal)

'can hide nuts' is the wordplay.
'nuts' is an anagram indicator (nuts can mean crazy).
'can'+'hide'='canhide'
'canhide' is an anagram of 'ECHIDNA'.

(Other definitions for echidna that I've seen before include "Creature with spines" , "This insectivore" , "Toothless type" , "Prickly creature" , "Spiny creature" .)

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