German animal band? (8)

I believe the answer is:

wolfgang

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'german animal band?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'german animal band?' is the wordplay.
'german animal' becomes 'wolf' (I have seen 'Predatory animal' mean 'wolf' so perhaps 'animal' could also mean 'wolf'. I am not sure about the 'german' bit.).
'band?' becomes 'gang' (I've seen this before).
'wolf'+'gang'='WOLFGANG'

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(Other definitions for wolfgang that I've seen before include "Mozart's first name" , "Austrian composer of 'Don Giovanni'" , "A famous German waltz god (anag) -- composer" , "He was born 250 years ago" , "Name of German boy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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