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Bad-tempered type of dog, dog men exercised outside university (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

curmudgeon

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'bad-tempered type' is the definition.

'of dog dog men exercised outside university' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is present in the answer.
'dog' could be 'cur' (cur is a kind of dog) and 'cur' is found in the answer.
'university' could be 'u' and 'u' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for curmudgeon that I've seen before include "He's surly" , "Bad-tempered person" , "Dunce or mug (anag) - grumbler" , "Meldrew, say" , "grump" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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