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Intimidates company with strike beginnings (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cows

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'intimidates' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'company with strike beginnings' is the wordplay.
'company' becomes 'cow' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'beginnings' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'strike' is 's'.
'cow'+'s'='COWS'

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(Other definitions for cows that I've seen before include "Kine" , "Domestic cattle" , "Female bovines" , "Milk providers" , "Domesticated bovines" .)

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