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Dog takes lad round to see predator (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

baldeagle

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'see predator' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'dog takes lad round' is the wordplay.
'dog' becomes 'beagle' (beagle is a kind of dog).
'takes' is an insertion indicator.
'round' indicates an anagram.
'lad' anagrammed gives 'ald'.
'beagle' placed around 'ald' is 'BALDEAGLE'.

'to' is the link.

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