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Feral creature makes noise vanish (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dingo

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'feral creature' is the definition.
'dingo' can be an answer for 'creature' (I have seen 'Wild animal' mean 'dingo' so perhaps 'animal' could also mean 'dingo'). I am unsure of the 'feral' bit.

'noise vanish' is the wordplay.
'noise' becomes 'din' (din can mean a loud noise or disturbance).
'vanish' becomes 'go' (going is a kind of vanishing).
'din'+'go'='DINGO'

'makes' is the link.

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(Other definitions for dingo that I've seen before include "Australian native" , "Wild animal" , "Wild thing" , "Wild dog of Australia" , "Wild dog of Oz" .)

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