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Announcement of top dog (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

peke

'dog' is the definition.
(short for Pekingese)

'announcement of top' is the wordplay.
'announcement of' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'top' becomes 'peak' (synonyms).
'peak' is a homophone of 'PEKE'.

(Other definitions for peke that I've seen before include "5 [MANS BEST FRIEND]" , "Little dog" , "Snub-nosed lap-dog (colloq.)" , "Small snub-nosed dog" , "Breed of dog (shortened)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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