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Fearful lizard very upsetting in roads taking a bend (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dinosaur

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'fearful lizard very' is the definition.
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'upsetting in roads taking a bend' is the wordplay.
'upsetting' indicates an anagram.
'taking' indicates putting letters inside.
'a bend' becomes 'U' (a U-bend is a kind of bend - pipe under sink).
'in'+'roads'='inroads'
'inroads' anagrammed gives 'dinosar'.
'dinosar' placed around 'u' is 'DINOSAUR'.

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(Other definitions for dinosaur that I've seen before include "I adorn US with this old creature" , "Prehistoric monster found on Darius" , "Out of date person or thing" , "Settle under canvas" , "One as T. Rex, triceratops" .)

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