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Capone posed at home hugging a dog like Rin Tin Tin? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

alsatian

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'dog like rin tin tin?' is the definition.
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'capone posed at home hugging a' is the wordplay.
'capone' becomes 'Al' (gangster Al Capone).
'posed' becomes 'sat' (posed or sat for an artist).
'at home' becomes 'in' ('I'm in' can mean 'I'm at home').
'hugging' means one lot of letters goes inside another (outside letters hug or embrace inside letters).
'in' placed around 'a' is 'ian'.
'al'+'sat'+'ian'='ALSATIAN'

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(Other definitions for alsatian that I've seen before include "Old Frenchman" , "Large dog and person from northern France" , "Large dog and someone from northern France" , "Strong dog known as German Shepherd" , "Breed of dog" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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