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Farm animal on a road, chicken (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

coward

'chicken' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'farm animal on a road' is the wordplay.
'farm animal' becomes 'cow' (type of farm animal).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'road' becomes 'rd' (abbreviation for road).
'cow'+'a'+'rd'='COWARD'

(Other definitions for coward that I've seen before include "Person lacking courage" , "Gutless type" , "Yellow-belly" , "whose encounter was briefly filmed" , "Noel . . . . . ., English playwright and actor" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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