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One pinning name tag on animal? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

badger

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'animal?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'one pinning name tag on' is the wordplay.
'one pinning name' becomes 'r' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'tag' becomes 'badge' (badging is a kind of tagging).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'r' put after 'badge' is 'BADGER'.

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(Other definitions for badger that I've seen before include "Black and white burrower" , "Burrowing carnivore" , "hound perhaps?" , "nocturnal creature" , "who pins an emblem on?" .)

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