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Garment I made from an animal (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

coati

'an animal' is the definition.
(mammal of Central and South America)

'garment i' is the wordplay.
'garment' becomes 'coat' (coating is a kind of garmenting).
'coat'+'i'='COATI'

'made from' is the link.

(Other definitions for coati that I've seen before include "wild animal" , "Kind of raccoon" , "Tropical animal" , "S. and Central American raccoon-like animal" , "beast" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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