Can you solve this clue? -15

Yesterday’s clue had a spectacular response with a large number of correct answers from all you who cracked it. 33 people managed to register their right answers in the blog, though this was not as high as 38 yesterday. This was from my grid in the book which, is a special type of crossword called an “Alphabet Jigsaw”. In such puzzles, you not only have to crack all the clues, but also figure out how and where they would fit in the puzzle – there’s only one unique way. 

Congrats to Camelia Oberoi  (our first one in), Raja Venkatasubramanian, Venkatraghavan S., Sandhya Paruchuri, Max Jackson, Lis Venky, Chitkala, Tulika Das, Arun Kumar, Abraham Mathew, LV, Jyotsna Deo, Rengaswamy N, Koteswara Rao, Arvind Ramaswamy, Subbaraman, Debasmita, Mevs1Across (I noticed that – 3rd identity), Gautham (welcome to the blog), Raghavan S V, Arjun Mukerjee, Shrikanth T, Lata Muthanna, Raju Umamaheswar, Mukundala Balasubramanyam,  John Chute, Adarsh Kumar Mohapatra, Ranjani Srikanth, RB Iyengar,  Srividya  Ravi, Sohil, Usha Mehta and Crypt Ella.

GAS Sarma – Sorry, Hyena is the wrong answer. Better luck in our next challenge. Welcome to those of you who are visiting our blog for the first time.

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The Clue was “Short, brazen, wild animal (5)”. The Answer was “ZEBRA”. This is an “Anagram” clue. However, you first need to carry out the instruction – “Short” which indicates the word next to it has been shortened. Thus BRAZE(-N) lost its tail. Next, ‘wild” indicates that you need to “Anagram” or “Jumble” it.

The definition is  “Animal”. Once again, well done to each of you who not only solved it but also annotated it correctly in our blog post. Now, Can you solve THIS clue?