Naked animal, reportedly (4)
I believe the answer is:
bare
'naked' is the definition.
(I know that naked can be written as bare)
'animal reportedly' is the wordplay.
'animal' becomes 'bar' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'reportedly' becomes 'e' (I've seen this in other clues).
'bar'+'e'='BARE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bare that I've seen before include "Not covered" , "State of deciduous tree in winter" , "Denuded" , "Unclad" , "Not clothed" .)