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Dog disrupted shop, alas eating article (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lhasa apso

'dog' is the definition.
(Lhasa apso is an example)

'disrupted shop alas eating article' is the wordplay.
'disrupted' is an anagram indicator.
'eating' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'article' becomes 'a' (the indefinite article in English).
'shop'+'alas'='shopalas'
'shopalas' anagrammed gives 'lhasapso'.
'lhasapso' going around 'a' is 'LHASA APSO'.

(Other definitions for lhasa apso that I've seen before include "Shown [AT CRUFTS]" , "Tibetan breed of dog - a salsa hop (anag)" , "small dog" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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