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Stick with short answer: you could be in the doghouse there? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

battersea

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'you could be in the doghouse there?' is the definition.
(as in Battersea Dogs and Cats Home)

'stick with short answer' is the wordplay.
'stick' becomes 'bat' (bat is a kind of stick).
'with short' becomes 'terse' (synonyms. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'answer' becomes 'a' (abbreviation eg in Q and A).
'bat'+'terse'+'a'='BATTERSEA'

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(Other definitions for battersea that I've seen before include "part of London" , "District of Wandsworth" , "where one may go to the dogs" , "London park" , "London district" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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