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Kind of a lovely animal leads to a so-called bear (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

koala

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'called bear' is the definition.
'koala' can be an answer for 'bear' (I have seen 'small bear' mean 'koala' so perhaps 'bear' could also mean 'koala'). I'm not certain of the 'called' bit.

'kind of a lovely animal leads to a' is the wordplay.
'kind of' becomes 'ko' (this could be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'leads' suggests taking the first letters.
'to' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
The first letters of 'lovely animal' is 'la'.
'la' put after 'a' is 'ala'.
'ko'+'ala'='KOALA'

'so' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for koala that I've seen before include "Eater of eucalyptus" , "Cuddly Australian marsupial" , "Tree-hugger" , "Marsupial climber" , "Oz bear" .)

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