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Pub employee's dog biting front of Eagles record? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

barkeeper

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'pub employee's' is the definition.
'barkeeper' can be an answer for 'employee's' (barkeeper is a kind of employee). I'm not certain of the 'pub' bit.

'dog biting front of eagles record?' is the wordplay.
'dog' becomes 'barker' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'biting' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters bite or swallow others).
'front of' says to take the initial letters (the letter at the front of the word).
'record?' becomes 'EP' (abbreviation for extended play record).
The initial letter of 'eagles' is 'e'.
'e'+'ep'='eep'
'barker' placed around 'eep' is 'BARKEEPER'.

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(Other definitions for barkeeper that I've seen before include "host" , "American barman" , "One who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks - per beaker (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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