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Horse-like creatures from Oxford and Cambridge perhaps eating grain (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unicorns

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'horse-like creatures from oxford' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'cambridge perhaps eating grain' is the wordplay.
'cambridge perhaps' becomes 'unis' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'eating' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'grain' becomes 'corn' (corn is a kind of grain).
'unis' placed around 'corn' is 'UNICORNS'.

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for unicorns that I've seen before include "One-horned animals of myth" , "Coins run off these imaginary creatures" , "Mythical horned creatures" , "Mythical one-horned creatures" , "Imaginary one-horned horses" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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