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Prairie wolf (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

coyote

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">prairie wolf</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that prairie wolf can be written as coyote)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for coyote that I've seen before include "-- State, South Dakota" , "N. American wild dog" , "predatory creature" , "howler" , "Wild prairie dog in America" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent, The Mirror, The Sun, the Penny Press, The Telegraph, The Irish Times, the Universal, the Evening Standard and the Sydney Morning Herald.
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