Ceramic animal? (3)

I believe the answer is:

ram

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'animal?' is the definition.
(male sheep)

'ceramic' is the wordplay.
'RAM' is hidden in amongst the letters.
However, I'm not sure how this is indicated.

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(Other definitions for ram that I've seen before include "Tamp" , "crowd" , "Computer memory of a sheep?" , "Aries is the Sign of the ..." , "Butt" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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