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Look, it’s the Speaker’s dog! (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

peek

'look' is the definition.
(peek can mean to look at quickly)

'the speaker's dog' is the wordplay.
'the speaker's' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue (as it might sound when spoken).
'dog' becomes 'peke' (short for Pekingese).
'peke' sounds like 'PEEK'.

'it's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for peek that I've seen before include "Quick, sly look" , "Repeatedly look like this" , "Quick or furtive look" , "Sly look, peep" , "Take brief or surreptitious look" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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