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Frightening creature from which dog ran? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dragon

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'frightening creature' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'which dog ran?' is the wordplay.
'dog ran' anagrams to 'DRAGON'.
However, I am not clear how this is indicated.

'from' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for dragon that I've seen before include "Intractable person" , "Fury" , "Virago" , "Mythical fire-breathing animal" , "Creature of Teutonic mythology" .)

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