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Minor riot lad stirred, snaring unknown reptile (7,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

monitor lizard

'reptile' is the definition.
(monitor lizard is a kind of reptile)

'minor riot lad stirred snaring unknown' is the wordplay.
'stirred' indicates an anagram.
'snaring' indicates putting letters inside.
'unknown' becomes 'z' (algebra).
'minor'+'riot'+'lad'='minorriotlad'
'minorriotlad' is an anagram of 'monitorliard'.
'monitorliard' enclosing 'z' is 'MONITOR LIZARD'.

(Other definitions for monitor lizard that I've seen before include "Reptile" , "Beast" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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