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Dog and mink scrapping for territory (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kingdom

'territory' is the definition.
(I know that kingdom is a type of country)

'dog and mink scrapping' is the wordplay.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'scrapping' indicates anagramming the letters.
'dog' put after 'mink' is 'minkdog'.
'minkdog' is an anagram of 'KINGDOM'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for kingdom that I've seen before include "Regal realm" , "Republic? Not so!" , "Domain of a monarch" , "Monarchical state" , "State ruled by monarch" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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