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A small herd, having gone astray, getting gathered together (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

marshalled

'gathered together' is the definition.

'a small herd having gone astray' is the wordplay.
'having gone astray' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'small'+'herd'='asmallherd'
'asmallherd' with letters rearranged gives 'MARSHALLED'.

'getting' acts as a link.

(Another definition for marshalled that I've seen is " lined up".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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