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Insect has taken fly off gazelle, say (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

antelope

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'gazelle say' is the definition.
(gazelle is a kind of antelope)

'insect has taken fly' is the wordplay.
'insect' becomes 'ant' (ant is a kind of insect).
'has' says to put letters next to each other.
'taken fly' becomes 'elope' (eloping is a kind of flying. I am not sure about the 'taken' bit.).
'ant'+'elope'='ANTELOPE'

'off' is the link.

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(Other definitions for antelope that I've seen before include "eg Eland" , "Springbok or gnu?" , "Eg, gazelle or gnu" , "Kind of swift-running deer" , "Gazelle or impala" .)

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