Strong beast with three feet lifted junk (9)

I believe the answer is:

drayhorse

'strong beast' is the definition.
(horse for pulling carts)

'with three feet lifted junk' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'three feet' becomes 'yard' (I've seen this before).
'lifted' is a reversal indicator (going up in down clue).
'junk' becomes 'horse' (synonyms).
'yard' back-to-front is 'dray'.
'dray' put next to 'horse' is 'DRAYHORSE'.

(Another definition for drayhorse that I've seen is " one with a mighty pull".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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