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Dog trained for keeping at home? Not this one (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dingo

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'home? not this one' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.

'dog trained for keeping at' is the wordplay.
'trained' indicates anagramming the letters (to train can mean to grow something into a shape).
'for keeping' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'at' becomes 'in'.
'dog' with letters rearranged gives 'dgo'.
'dgo' enclosing 'in' is 'DINGO'.

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(Other definitions for dingo that I've seen before include "Wild Australian dog" , "Wild thing" , "Aus. wild dog" , "Scavenger" , "Aussie wild dog" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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