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Mood sure to change in creature (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dormouse

'creature' is the definition.
(dormouse is a kind of creature)

'mood sure to change' is the wordplay.
'to change' indicates anagramming the letters.
'mood'+'sure'='moodsure'
'moodsure' anagrammed gives 'DORMOUSE'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for dormouse that I've seen before include "Alice tea party creature" , "one falling asleep over tea" , "Small rodent that hibernates in winter" , "sleepy little creature" , "Small bushy-tailed rodent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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