The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word WOLVERINE
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More clues leading to the result WOLVERINE
- Wine lover, extraordinary voracious creature
- Weaselly type of animal lover turning heads in Bordeaux perhaps
- Animal owner with vile bats
- Carnivore in rage, very unhappy, coming back with new energy
- Wine lover three sheets to the wind, wild beast
- Evil owner tortured vicious animal
- Beast makes person like you lose head in drink
- Wild animal, one in water, skating over Nile
- Wine-lover, slippery weaselly one
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The straight part
We know that "Weaselly type of animal" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case weaselly type of animal = wolverine.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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