Dog from Kansas biting director Howard in Canadian location (7)
I believe the answer is:
toronto
'dog from kansas' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'biting director howard in canadian location' is the wordplay.
'biting' is an insertion indicator (some letters bite or swallow others).
'director howard' becomes 'ron' (I've seen this in another clue).
'in canadian location' becomes 'toto' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'ron' put inside 'toto' is 'TORONTO'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for toronto that I've seen before include "Canada's largest city" , "Big city" , "place on Lake Ontario" , "North American city" , "Second city of Canada" .)