Surgeon for top breed one long-haired dog (4-6)
I believe the answer is:
bone-setter
'surgeon' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'top breed one long-haired dog' is the wordplay.
'top' says to take the initial letters (in a down clue, the first letter is top).
'long-haired dog' becomes 'setter' (I've seen this before).
The initial letter of 'breed' is 'b'.
'b'+'one'+'setter'='BONE-SETTER'
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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