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Keeper of a dog on a hill (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

curator

'keeper' is the definition.
(I know that keeper can be written as curator)

'a dog on a hill' is the wordplay.
'a dog' becomes 'cur' (both can mean a despicable person).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'hill' becomes 'tor' (tor is a kind of hill).
'cur'+'a'+'tor'='CURATOR'

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for curator that I've seen before include "Artistic director" , "Museum official" , "Custodian of a collection" , "Museum's administrative head" , "Keeper of a collection" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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