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Steal animal's morsel (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

snippet

'morsel' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'steal animal's' is the wordplay.
'steal' becomes 'snip' (I've seen this before).
'animal' becomes 'pet' (pet is a kind of animal).
'snip'+'pet'='SNIPPET'

(Other definitions for snippet that I've seen before include "Brief extract" , "A small piece cut off" , "Short extract" , "Bit (of info?)" , "Small scrap" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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