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Hound small girl brought back (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

harass

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

'small girl brought back' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'small' could be 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size) and 's' is found in the answer.
'girl' could be 'ara' and 'ara' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for harass that I've seen before include "Make repeated attacks on" , "Trouble or annoy continuously" , "Intimidate, torment" , "Annoy persistently, persecute" , "Persistently torment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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