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Travel, coming to stream, by which sits a wild animal (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gorilla

'wild animal' is the definition.

'travel coming to stream by which sits a' is the wordplay.
'travel' becomes 'go' ('go' can be a synonym of 'travel').
'coming to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'stream' becomes 'rill' (rill is a kind of stream**).
'by which sits' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'go'+'rill'+'a'='GORILLA'

(Other definitions for gorilla that I've seen before include "A large powerful African ape" , "Powerful great ape" , "Big ape" , "Chest-beating primate" , "brutal man" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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