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Surprisingly, my ant aspiring to be large insect (7,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

praying mantis

'be large insect' is the definition.

'surprisingly my ant aspiring' is the wordplay.
'surprisingly' is an anagram indicator (a surprising ordering of the letters).
'my'+'ant'+'aspiring'='myantaspiring'
'myantaspiring' anagrammed gives 'PRAYING MANTIS'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for praying mantis that I've seen before include "Predatory insect" , "Small creature" , "Carnivorous insect resembling a grasshopper" , "Pagan ministry (anag.)" , "Large carnivorous insect" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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