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Plant conceals dog sold in shop (8)

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I believe the answer is:

retailed

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'sold in shop' is the definition.
'retailed' can be an answer for 'sold' (retailing is a kind of selling). I'm not certain of the 'in shop' bit.

'plant conceals dog' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'dog' could be 'tail' (synonyms) and 'tail' is located in the answer.
'plant' could be 'reed' (reed is a kind of plant) and 'reed' is located in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for retailed that I've seen is " Sold".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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