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More than one wild animal has to restrict desire (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hyenas

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'more than one wild animal' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'has to restrict desire' is the wordplay.
'to restrict' is an insertion indicator.
'desire' becomes 'yen' (yen can mean a longing or desire).
'has' enclosing 'yen' is 'HYENAS'.

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(Other definitions for hyenas that I've seen before include "Dog-like animal of Africa" , "Dog-like animals of Africa" , "Dog-like animals that sound as if they laugh" , "their laughter is notorious" , "Animal whose cry sounds like wild laughter" .)

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