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Remove fur from wild hares (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shear

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'remove fur' is the definition.
'shear' can be an answer for 'remove' (thesaurus). I'm not certain of the 'fur' bit.

'wild hares' is the wordplay.
'wild' is an anagram indicator.
'hares' with letters rearranged gives 'SHEAR'.

'from' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for shear that I've seen before include "Fleece; cut" , "Cut sheep's woll with large scissors" , "Cut the wool of 14 across" , "Fleece (a sheep)" , "Barber" .)

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