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Suspend setter for such an expression? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hangdog

'such an expression?' is the definition.
(a hangdog expression is a sad expression)

'suspend setter' is the wordplay.
'suspend' becomes 'hang' (to hang is to suspend from something).
'setter' becomes 'dog' (a setter is a type of dog).
'hang'+'dog'='HANGDOG'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for hangdog that I've seen before include "Shamefaced like suspended canine?" , "Suspend canine with shamefaced look" , "Cowed, furtive" , "Looking guiltily dejected" , "With a guilty look" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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