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Many hounds sat barking (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thousands

'many' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'hounds sat barking' is the wordplay.
'barking' is an anagram indicator (UK slang for mad).
'hounds'+'sat'='houndssat'
'houndssat' is an anagram of 'THOUSANDS'.

(Other definitions for thousands that I've seen before include "Dan shouts out at many hundreds" , "1000s" , "large sum?" , "Large numbers" , "a lot" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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