Following a lot of hounds that snarled (10)

I believe the answer is:

thousandth

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'following a lot' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'hounds that snarled' is the wordplay.
'snarled' is an anagram indicator (to snarl can mean to entangle or twist).
'hounds'+'that'='houndsthat'
'houndsthat' anagrammed gives 'THOUSANDTH'.

'of' is the link.

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