Fierce (6)

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savage

'fierce' is the definition.
(I know that fierce can be written as savage)

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(Other definitions for savage that I've seen before include "Wild, barbarous" , "Barbaric, uncivilised" , "Feral, vicious" , "Ferocious" , "poet who escaped death penalty" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times, the Canadiana, The Telegraph, the Ink Well xwords, the Wall Street Journal and the Evening Standard.

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