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Four-legged source of a bleat, possibly (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

table

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'four-legged source' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'a bleat possibly' is the wordplay.
'possibly' indicates an anagram.
'bleat' is an anagram of 'TABLE'.

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for table that I've seen before include "put on the agenda" , "shelf" , "Array of data" , "League --; multiplication --" , "Data arranged in rows and columns" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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