Bends over to impress dogs (7)
I believe the answer is:
bowwows
'dogs' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.
'bends over to impress' is the wordplay.
'bends' becomes 'bows' (bowing is a kind of bending).
'over' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'to impress' becomes 'wow' (wowing is a kind of impressing).
'bows' placed around 'wow' is 'BOWWOWS'.
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I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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