Jet has to carry animal (5,4)
I believe the answer is:
black bear
'animal' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'jet has to carry' is the wordplay.
'jet' becomes 'black' ('black' can be similar in meaning to 'jet').
'has' says to put letters next to each other.
'to carry' becomes 'bear' ('bear' can be a synonym of 'carry').
'black'+'bear'='BLACK BEAR'
I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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