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Spinning plate, one lacks civilised instincts (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

animal

'one lacks civilised instincts' is the definition.
(animals are not civilised)

'spinning plate' is the wordplay.
'spinning' is a reversal indicator.
'plate' becomes 'lamina' (anatomical term for a plate or layer).
'lamina' reversed gives 'ANIMAL'.

(Other definitions for animal that I've seen before include "Creature having voluntary movement" , "savage" , "Neither vegetable nor mineral" , "Uncivilised person" , "lamb, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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