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Young animal and an islander (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cuban

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

'young animal and an' is the wordplay.
'young animal' becomes 'cub' (eg a young bear).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'cub'+'an'='CUBAN'

(Other definitions for cuban that I've seen before include "Like Fidel Castro" , "Nationality of citizen of Havana" , "sort of heel" , "Caribbean" , "Kind of high quality cigar" .)

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