Possible Clues:

• Marsupial's huge problem crossing river at Turin
• After work, huge number viewing marsupial
• Marsupial that can play dead
• Work on outsize problem for an animal
• Type of furry creature �- work with very large number
• Problem after soggy food given to old retarded animal
• American pouched mammal
• Order fishy soups at start of meal for beastly type from America
• Tree-dweller: see very large number after work
• Marsupial suggested by Eliot's feline versifier?