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Sad collie, awfully restricted (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

localised

'restricted' is the definition.
(localising is a kind of restricting)

'sad collie awfully' is the wordplay.
'awfully' indicates an anagram.
'sad'+'collie'='sadcollie'
'sadcollie' anagrammed gives 'LOCALISED'.

(Other definitions for localised that I've seen before include "specific area" , "constrained?" , "in a particular place" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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