Father brings a dog back to Eastern temple (6)
I believe the answer is:
pagoda
'eastern temple' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'father brings a dog back' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father).
'brings' becomes 'a' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'back' is a reversal indicator.
'a'+'dog'='adog'
'adog' in reverse letter order is 'goda'.
'pa'+'goda'='PAGODA'
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pagoda that I've seen before include "Hindu or Buddhist temple" , "Eastern tiered tower" , "Buddhist temple, pyramid-shaped with many tiers" , "Hindu/Buddhist temple" , "place for devotees?" .)