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Savage woman I'm always cuddling (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

animal

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

'woman i'm always cuddling' is the wordplay.
'cuddling' indicates a hidden word (the answer is cuddled by the clue).
'ANIMAL' is hidden in the letters of 'woman im always'.

(Other definitions for animal that I've seen before include "Kind of instinct" , "Living organism characterised by voluntary movement" , "It shares the world with vegetable and mineral" , "Living creature with voluntary motion" , "See 26" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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