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Minnelli on road finds creature (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lizard

'creature' is the definition.
(lizard is a kind of animal)

'minnelli on road' is the wordplay.
'minnelli' becomes 'liza' (I've seen this in another clue).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'road' becomes 'rd' (abbreviation for road).
'liza'+'rd'='LIZARD'

'finds' is the link.

(Other definitions for lizard that I've seen before include "leading to a windswept village" , "Monitor, for example" , "England's southernmost Point" , "Two-legged reptile" , "A reptile; a Cornish Head" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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