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I grab gentle wild beast (6,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bengal tiger

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'beast' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'i grab gentle wild' is the wordplay.
'wild' indicates anagramming the letters.
'i'+'grab'+'gentle'='igrabgentle'
'igrabgentle' is an anagram of 'BENGAL TIGER'.

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(Another definition for bengal tiger that I've seen is " Striped animal from Asia".)

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