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In bad mood after stunning success? Take ages to pass Indonesian monitor? (6,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

komodo dragon

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'monitor?' is the definition.
(Komodo dragon is an example)

'in bad mood after stunning success? take ages to pass indonesian' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'mood' is 'omod' which is located in the answer.
'success?' could be 'go' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'go' is present in the answer.
'take' could be 'r' (abbreviation for 'recipe', Latin for 'take') and 'r' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for komodo dragon that I've seen before include "Big Indonesian lizard" , "Large endangered lizard" , "Indonesian monster lizard" , "Largest living lizard" , "Large Indonesian lizard" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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