Solution for 5 June cryptic crossword clue

Adapting an innovative Chinese symbol (5,5)

Solution – Giant Panda

The tricky setter here has included two words that might indicate that there is an anagram – "adapting" and "innovative"

It is only by checking what might add up to 10 letters that you find that the anagram must be "adapting an".

Then you need to find two words that are a symbol of China.  And after much scratching of chins, you can find Giant Panda – of course an iconic Chinese animal – much loved there and round the world.

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