The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BISON
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More clues leading to the result BISON
- Lad with an eye for the male or female cattle
- No brother or sister mounting this buffalo
- Big beast with Paddington, say, for a Londoner
- Animal‘s sexually ambivalent offspring
- Shaggy character‘s encore taking place
- One’s to tuck into good French beef alternative
- For this reason, breaking point coming up for wild ox
- Wild creature? One turns to spur possibly if ––
- Disposed of next beast
- Beast an Aussie can wash his face in, reportedly
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The straight part
We know that "Wild creature" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case wild creature = bison.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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What does BISON mean?
BISON noun- A wild ox, Bison bonasus.
- A similar North American animal, Bison bison.