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Raw treat prepared for amphibious rodent (5,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

water rat

'amphibious rodent' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'raw treat prepared' is the wordplay.
'prepared' indicates an anagram.
'raw'+'treat'='rawtreat'
'rawtreat' with letters rearranged gives 'WATER RAT'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for water rat that I've seen before include "Small amphibious rodent" , "boatman" , "Swimming rodent" , "beastly thing" , "round little furry creature" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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