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Mountain animal covering Andes, primarily (6)

direction: down
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Source: Times Cryptic Jumbo 1399 https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2207007.html

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ALPACA

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A_P_C_

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ALPACA

Explanation:

ALP-A-C-A
Alp - a mountain; followed by the first letters of the following words ACA

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I'm not sure if this is clever or wrong.
There is a complete overlap between the clues for the overall answer and the parts.