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Husky - or another draught animal, we hear (6)

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I believe the answer is:

hoarse

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'husky' is the definition.
(I know that husky can be written as hoarse)

'animal we hear' is the wordplay.
'animal' becomes 'horse' (type of animal).
'we hear' shows a homophone (sound like).
'horse' is a homophone of 'HOARSE'.

'or another draught' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for hoarse that I've seen before include "(Of voice) rough, harsh" , "Ashore (anag)" , "Husky (from cold)" , "Of voice, sounding rough" , "Croaky" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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