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Supply at sea around a ton for animal (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

platypus

'for animal' is the definition.
(platypus is a kind of animal)

'supply at sea around a ton' is the wordplay.
'at sea' is an anagram indicator.
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'ton' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'supply' is an anagram of 'plypus'.
'a'+'t'='at'
'plypus' enclosing 'at' is 'PLATYPUS'.

(Other definitions for platypus that I've seen before include "One's billed in flat manner" , "Aussie creature" , "river creature" , "venomous mammal" , "Australian resident" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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