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The plane mistaken for jumbo (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elephant

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

'the plane mistaken' is the wordplay.
'mistaken' is an anagram indicator.
'the'+'plane'='theplane'
'theplane' with letters rearranged gives 'ELEPHANT'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for elephant that I've seen before include "See 18" , "Huge African or Indian animal" , "The symbol of the Republican Party" , "bigger one from two continents?" , "Large beast" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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