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Be certain to keep dog restrained (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

secure

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'be certain' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'to keep dog restrained' is the wordplay.
'to keep' indicates putting letters inside.
'dog' becomes 'cur' (both can mean a despicable person).
'restrained' becomes 'see' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cur' put inside 'see' is 'SECURE'.

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(Other definitions for secure that I've seen before include "Safe against attack or well fastened" , "Safe; fixed" , "properly restrained" , "land" , "Safe and unthreatened" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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