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Fox to live a more feral life (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bewilder

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'fox' is the definition.
(I know that bewilder is a more specific form of fox)

'live a more feral life' is the wordplay.
'live' becomes 'be' (synonyms).
'a more feral life' becomes 'wilder' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'be'+'wilder'='BEWILDER'

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for bewilder that I've seen before include "Confuse totally" , "Confuse, puzzle" , "Confuse - perplex" , "fox" , "Nonplus" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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