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Heard mountain dog (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

peke

'dog' is the definition.
(short for Pekingese)

'heard mountain' is the wordplay.
'heard' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'mountain' becomes 'peak' (the peak of a mountain).
'peak' is a homophone of 'PEKE'.

(Other definitions for peke that I've seen before include "In short, it's a small short-legged dog" , "Little dog" , "Small canine" , "Snub-nosed lap-dog (colloq.)" , "Breed of dog (shortened)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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