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Of organisms, one in horse parasite I primarily control (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

biotic

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'of organisms one in horse parasite i primarily control' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'one in horse parasite i primarily control' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'horse parasite' becomes 'bot' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'primarily' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'control' is 'c'.
'i' going within 'bot' is 'biot'.
'biot'+'i'+'c'='BIOTIC'

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(Other definitions for biotic that I've seen before include "Pertaining to living organisms" , "Relating to living organisms" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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