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Bear being bowled? Disaster (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bruin

'bear' is the definition.
(bruin is a kind of bear)

'bowled? disaster' is the wordplay.
'bowled?' becomes 'b' (cricket abbreviation).
'disaster' becomes 'ruin' (I've seen this before).
'b'+'ruin'='BRUIN'

'being' is the link.

(Other definitions for bruin that I've seen before include "Archetypal name for a bear" , "Conventional name for a bear" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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