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Little dog quiet and evidently superior (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pup

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'little dog' is the definition.
(short for puppy)

'quiet and evidently superior' is the wordplay.
'quiet' becomes 'p' (music symbol for 'piano', ie soft or quiet).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'evidently superior' becomes 'up' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'p'+'up'='PUP'

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(Other definitions for pup that I've seen before include "Produce litter" , "Small palindromic dog" , "Young seal" , "Young of various animals" , "Youngster" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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