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God wearing two sorts of animal pelt (4,4,3,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rain cats and dogs

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'pelt' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'god wearing two sorts of animal' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'god' is 'dog' which is present in the answer.
'wearing' could be 'in' (you are 'in' the clothes you're wearing) and 'in' is found in the answer.
'animal' could be 'cat' (cats are animals) and 'cat' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for rain cats and dogs that I've seen before include "Pour" , "Pelt" , "To fall heavily" , "bucket" , "come down hard" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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