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Animal appeal with one furry foot raised (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wapiti

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

'appeal with one furry foot raised' is the wordplay.
'appeal' becomes 'it' ('it' can mean something attractive or appealing).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'furry foot' becomes 'paw' (I've seen this in another clue).
'raised' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (going up in a down clue).
'it'+'i'+'paw'='itipaw'
'itipaw' reversed gives 'WAPITI'.

(Other definitions for wapiti that I've seen before include "North American native" , "Large N. Am. red deer" , "Red deer - I paw it (anag)" , "I paw it (anag) - large North American deer" , "Deer with much-branched antlers" .)

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