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Hour ended badly for dog (9)

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I believe the answer is:

deerhound

'for dog' is the definition.
(deerhound is a kind of dog)

'hour ended badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates an anagram (letters in the wrong order).
'hour'+'ended'='hourended'
'hourended' is an anagram of 'DEERHOUND'.

(Another definition for deerhound that I've seen is " Nude horde (anag) - dog".)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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