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Put it back on, you old monster! (4)

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I believe the answer is:

yeti

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'monster' is the definition.
(I know that yeti is a type of legendary creature)

'put it back on you old' is the wordplay.
'put it back' becomes 'ti' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'you old' becomes 'ye' (historical version of 'you').
'ti' after 'ye' is 'YETI'.

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(Other definitions for yeti that I've seen before include "Mysterious Himalayan creature" , "Legendary snowman" , "doubts in its existence" , "elusive character" , "Himalayan legend" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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