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Young hare making vet reel unsteadily (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

leveret

'young hare' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'vet reel unsteadily' is the wordplay.
'unsteadily' indicates anagramming the letters.
'vet'+'reel'='vetreel'
'vetreel' anagrammed gives 'LEVERET'.

'making' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for leveret that I've seen before include "Small hopper" , "Baby hare" , "Young animal" , "Hare in its first year" , "Little beast" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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