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Off the plane - it's a Jumbo (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elephant

'a jumbo' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'off the plane' is the wordplay.
'off' is an anagram indicator.
'the'+'plane'='theplane'
'theplane' with letters rearranged gives 'ELEPHANT'.

'it's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for elephant that I've seen before include "Creature" , "I'll never forget" , "Size of paper" , "Get this animal from Pat and Helen" , "bigger one from two continents?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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