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Lizard King mural -- neat, but odd bits missing (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

iguana

'lizard' is the definition.
(I know that iguana is a type of iguanid)

'king mural neat but odd bits missing' is the wordplay.
'but odd bits missing' indicates alternate letters (letters in odd-numbered positions removed).
'king'+'mural'+'neat'='kingmuralneat'
The alternating letters of 'kingmuralneat' are 'IGUANA'.

(Other definitions for iguana that I've seen before include "Arboreal lizard of S America" , "Large lizard found in Guiana" , "Tropical spiny lizard" , "Large tree-climbing specimen of 5 down in tropical America" , "Large crested lizard" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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