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Looks after the boxers, among others, in the doghouse for going dancing (6,4)

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I believe the answer is:

kennel club

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'looks after the boxers among others' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'doghouse for going dancing' is the wordplay.
'doghouse' becomes 'kennel' ('kennel' can be a synonym of 'doghouse').
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'going dancing' becomes 'club' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'kennel'+'club'='KENNEL CLUB'

'in the' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for kennel club that I've seen is " Best friends' group".)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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