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Help net a surprisingly large creature (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elephant

'large creature' is the definition.
(large animal)

'help net a surprisingly' is the wordplay.
'surprisingly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'help'+'net'+'a'='helpneta'
'helpneta' is an anagram of 'ELEPHANT'.

(Other definitions for elephant that I've seen before include "Large beast" , "Source of ivory" , "Then leap (anag.)" , "Large animal (in the room?)" , "Large pachyderm" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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