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Porridge I put out to catch a squirrel (7,3)

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I believe the answer is:

prairie dog

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'squirrel' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'porridge i put out to catch a' is the wordplay.
'put out' indicates an anagram.
'to catch' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'porridge'+'i'='porridgei'
'porridgei' is an anagram of 'pririedog'.
'pririedog' going around 'a' is 'PRAIRIE-DOG'.

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(Other definitions for prairie dog that I've seen before include "A ground squirrel" , "Rodent" , "Animal" , "North American burrowing mammal" , "Underground community member" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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