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Tall creature makes a blunder around Irish (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

giraffe

'tall creature' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a blunder around irish' is the wordplay.
'a blunder' becomes 'gaffe' (gaffe is a kind of blunder).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'irish' becomes 'IR' (abbreviation for Irish).
'gaffe' enclosing 'ir' is 'GIRAFFE'.

'makes' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for giraffe that I've seen before include "wild beast" , "Animal once known as a camelopard" , "Tallest land animal" , "Large African mammal" , "A long-legged creature" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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