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Dog may get the wrong end of the stick during row (7)

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I believe the answer is:

terrier

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'dog' is the definition.
(terrier is a kind of dog)

'get the wrong end of the stick during row' is the wordplay.
'get the wrong end of the stick' becomes 'err' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'during' is an insertion indicator.
'row' becomes 'tier' (a tier is a row of things).
'err' placed into 'tier' is 'TERRIER'.

'may' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for terrier that I've seen before include "Dog originally used to ferret out burrowing animals" , "Dog - reservist" , "Dog - old land register" , "Persistent person" , "Small, originally burrowing, dog" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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