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Dog going round in the afternoon? (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pom

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'dog' is the definition.
(short for Pomeranian)

'going round in the afternoon?' is the wordplay.
'going round' becomes 'o' (o is a circular letter. I am not sure about the 'going' bit.).
'in the' indicates putting letters inside.
'afternoon?' becomes 'pm'.
'o' put inside 'pm' is 'POM'.

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(Other definitions for pom that I've seen before include "expat Englishman" , "Brit abroad" , "Shortened name for a breed of dog" , "Small dog (colloq.)" , "Australian slang for British migrant" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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