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Using aids, tolerate an exotic creature (10,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spectacled bear

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'using aids tolerate an exotic' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'creature' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'creature' could be 'bear' (bear is a kind of animal) and 'bear' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'spectacled' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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