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One man and his dog coming to pass? (5)

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5,7

saint bernard

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'his dog coming to pass?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.

'one man and' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is found in the answer.
'man' could be 'bernard' and 'bernard' is present in the answer.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'sat' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for saint bernard that I've seen before include "Alpine breed of dog" , "Large breed of dog" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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