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Airline ships foreign dog (5,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

irish spaniel

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'dog' is the definition.
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'airline ships foreign' is the wordplay.
'foreign' indicates an anagram (foreign order of the letters).
'airline'+'ships'='airlineships'
'airlineships' with letters rearranged gives 'IRISH SPANIEL'.

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