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Five characters, wolves in disguise (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vowels

'five characters' is the definition.
(the vowels A, E, I, O and U)

'wolves in disguise' is the wordplay.
'in disguise' indicates an anagram.
'wolves' with letters rearranged gives 'VOWELS'.

(Other definitions for vowels that I've seen before include "aeiou" , "Speech sounds made with the vocal tract open" , "A e i o u" , "'Five letters, not consonants (6)'" , "Five speech sounds" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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