Hyenas on the farm exciting ridicule? (13)

I believe the answer is:

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'farm exciting ridicule?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.

'hyenas on' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'on' could be 'to' and 'to' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'the' acts as a link.

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I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.

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