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Giant periodical with dogs between the covers (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

magog

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'giant' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'periodical with dogs between the covers' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'periodical' could be 'mag' (short for magazine) and 'mag' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for magog that I've seen before include "Gog and -, City of London guardian giants" , "Gog's companion" , "Biblical king" , "Last of two old giants" , "old giant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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