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Little dog who’ll be quiet when ordered? (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pom

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'little dog' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'quiet when ordered?' is the wordplay.
'quiet' becomes 'p' (music symbol for 'piano').
'when ordered?' becomes 'om' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'p'+'om'='POM'

'who'll be' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for pom that I've seen before include "Brit abroad" , "Englishman in Australia" , "Limey in Oz" , "Pomeranian dog" , "Australian slang for British migrant" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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