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My pet Dicky is hungry (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

empty

'hungry' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'my pet dicky' is the wordplay.
'dicky' indicates anagramming the letters (dicky can mean not functioning properly).
'my'+'pet'='mypet'
'mypet' anagrammed gives 'EMPTY'.

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for empty that I've seen before include "Devoid of content" , "Cleared out" , "Unoccupied" , "Vacuous" , "left for the milkman?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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