Sweet animal picked up by the ears? (6)
I believe the answer is:
mousse
'sweet' is the definition.
(mousse is a kind of sweet)
'animal picked up by the ears?' is the wordplay.
'animal' becomes 'moose' (I've seen this before).
'picked up by the ears?' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'moose' sounds like 'MOUSSE'.
(Other definitions for mousse that I've seen before include "For us, some kind of dessert" , "Light savoury dish" , "Aerosol foam used in hair styling" , "A hair dressing; a creamy sweet" , "Foamy hair preparation" .)