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Sniffs drugs on the job working on a lead in the law enforcement business (6,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

police dog

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'sniffs drugs on the job working on a lead' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'law enforcement business' is the wordplay.
'law' becomes 'police' ('police' can be a synonym of 'law').
'enforcement business' becomes 'dog' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'police'+'dog'='POLICE DOG'

'in the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for police dog that I've seen before include "Drug hunter" , "one taking lead in war on crime" , "Working animal" , "maybe I do a lot of sniffing" , "Canine for the boys in blue" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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