Cute hound wrongly left alone (9)

I believe the answer is:

untouched

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'left alone' is the definition.
The answer and definition are different parts of speech. However, past participle verbs and adjectives can sometimes mean the same thing.

'cute hound wrongly' is the wordplay.
'wrongly' indicates an anagram.
'cute'+'hound'='cutehound'
'cutehound' with letters rearranged gives 'UNTOUCHED'.

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(Other definitions for untouched that I've seen before include "Not handled" , "kept intact" , "left!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.

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