I provide a clue: Urchin terrier bites (6)

I believe the answer is:

hinter

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'i' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'a clue urchin terrier bites' is the wordplay.
'bites' says the answer is hidden in the clue (the answer has been bitten or eaten by the clue).
'HINTER' is hidden in the letters of 'clue urchin terrier'.

'provide' is the link.

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