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Type of mammal in garden next to gallery (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

edentate

'type of mammal' is the definition.

'garden next to gallery' is the wordplay.
'garden' becomes 'eden' (I've seen this in another clue).
'next to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'gallery' becomes 'tate' (Tate Modern, Tate Britain etc).
'eden'+'tate'='EDENTATE'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for edentate that I've seen before include "Toothless mammal" , "Gummy" , "anteater for one" , "Animal as sloth, armadillo" , "teeth? None" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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