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Advice for crossing a minefield from individuals following guard dogs around (5,3'1,4) (5,4,4)

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I believe the answer is:

watch ones step

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'advice for crossing a minefield' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'individuals following guard dogs around 53'14' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'individuals' could be 'ones' (I've seen this before) and 'ones' is found within the answer.
'guard' could be 'watch' (watch is a kind of guard) and 'watch' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'step' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'from' is the link.

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(Other definitions for watch ones step that I've seen before include "proceed cautiously" , "Be careful" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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