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A dog apparently came up to hang around temple (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pagoda

'temple' is the definition.
(I know that pagoda is a type of temple)

'a dog apparently came up to hang around' is the wordplay.
'apparently' becomes 'ap' (I've seen this in other clues).
'came up to' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (I've seen 'comes up to' mean this).
'hang' becomes 'sag' (I've seen this in another clue).
'around' means to look at the middle letters.
The middle letter of 'sag' is 'a'.
'dog'+'ap'='dogap'
'dogap' reversed gives 'pagod'.
'pagod'+'a'='PAGODA'

(Other definitions for pagoda that I've seen before include "Asian temple with upward curving roof" , "place of worship" , "Eastern tiered tower" , "Buddhist tower with several stories" , "Hindu or Buddhist temple" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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