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Reptile Elizabeth found beside a road (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lizard

'reptile' is the definition.
(I know that lizard is a reptile)

'elizabeth found beside a road' is the wordplay.
'elizabeth' becomes 'liz' (short for Elizabeth).
'found' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'beside' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'road' becomes 'rd' (abbreviation).
'liz'+'a'+'rd'='LIZARD'

(Other definitions for lizard that I've seen before include "Gecko, for example" , "See 1 Across" , "A reptile; a Cornish Head" , "Reptile such as skink" , "Reptile with two pairs of legs" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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