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One attending to canine in a bad way? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

dentist

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'one attending to canine in a bad way?' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'one attending to canine in a bad way?' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'attending' says to put letters next to each other (to attend can mean to follow).
'to canine in a bad' becomes 'dent' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'way?' becomes 'st' (abbreviation for street).
'i' put after 'dent' is 'denti'.
'denti'+'st'='DENTIST'

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(Other definitions for dentist that I've seen before include "Occasional driller" , "Tooth doctor" , "Practitioner who looks down in the mouth?" , "Teeth treater" , "part of the medical team" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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