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White bear on the run (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wanted

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'white bear on the run' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'white bear on the run' is the wordplay.
'white' becomes 'w'.
'bear on the run' becomes 'anted' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'w'+'anted'='WANTED'

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(Other definitions for wanted that I've seen before include "Lacked; type of police poster" , "Desired or wished for" , "Wished-for" , "Required, needed" , "sought by police?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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