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Legendary reptilian creature’s very confused between West and North (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wyvern

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'legendary reptilian creature's very confused between west and north' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'very confused between west and north' is the wordplay.
'confused' indicates anagramming the letters.
'between' is an insertion indicator.
'west' becomes 'W' (synonyms).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'north' becomes 'N' (synonyms).
'very' is an anagram of 'yver'.
'w'+'n'='wn'
'yver' put inside 'wn' is 'WYVERN'.

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(Other definitions for wyvern that I've seen before include "In heraldry, a dragon with wings, two legs and a barbed tail" , "Heraldic beast" , "Heraldic winged monster" , "Winged two-legged dragon (heraldry)" , "1950s Vauxhall model" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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