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Help Gran out, capturing a marsupial (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

phalanger

'marsupial' is the definition.
(I know that Phalanger is a type of marsupial)

'help gran out capturing a' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'capturing' is an insertion indicator.
'help'+'gran'='helpgran'
'helpgran' with letters rearranged gives 'phlanger'.
'phlanger' enclosing 'a' is 'PHALANGER'.

(Other definitions for phalanger that I've seen before include "Little Aussie's" , "may be flying in Australia" , "Lemur-like creature" , "Marsupial" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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