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Children keeping dog brought to safety (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

secured

'brought to safety' is the definition.

'children keeping dog' is the wordplay.
'children' becomes 'seed' (I've seen this before).
'keeping' is an insertion indicator.
'dog' becomes 'cur' (cur is a kind of dog).
'seed' enclosing 'cur' is 'SECURED'.

(Other definitions for secured that I've seen before include "Got by special effort" , "Protected" , "Obtained" , "Tethered" , "all tied up?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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