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Daughter at back of house, underdog not half harassed (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hounded

'harassed' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'daughter at back of house underdog not half' is the wordplay.
'daughter' becomes 'd'.
'at back of' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'house' becomes 'ho' (abbreviation for house).
'not half' means to take half the letters.
'underdog' halved is 'unde'.
'ho'+'unde'='hounde'
'd' after 'hounde' is 'HOUNDED'.

(Other definitions for hounded that I've seen before include "Dogged" , "Badgered" , "harassed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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