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Somewhat up-market animal? (3)

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ram

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'animal?' is the definition.
(male sheep)

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(Other definitions for ram that I've seen before include "Deliberately collide with" , "Aggressive sheep?" , "The constellation Aries" , "man with many partners?" , "Computers need it to operate" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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