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Published chapter for Animal Farm? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ranch

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'animal farm?' is the definition.
'ranch' can be an answer for 'farm?' (ranch is a kind of farm). I'm not sure about the 'animal' bit.

'published chapter' is the wordplay.
'published' becomes 'ran' (as in a newspaper running a story).
'chapter' becomes 'ch'.
'ran'+'ch'='RANCH'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for ranch that I've seen before include "Large US cattle farm" , "Agricultural complex" , "American cattle farm" , "agricultural land" , "pastoral scheme" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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