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Hunting dog to risk going round equine (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

basset

'hunting dog' is the definition.
(basset is a kind of hunting dog)

'risk going round equine' is the wordplay.
'risk' becomes 'bet'.
'going round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'equine' becomes 'ass' (ass is a kind of equine).
'bet' placed around 'ass' is 'BASSET'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for basset that I've seen before include "Type of hound" , "Hound (named Fred?)" , "Low-set hound" , "Beasts (anag.)" , "GAME" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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