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The dog is more inflexible in its ways (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

setter

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'the dog' is the definition.
(setter is a type of dog)

'more inflexible in its ways' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'inflexible' could be 'set' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'set' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ter' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'is' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for setter that I've seen before include "Street (anag.)" , "Dog trained to point at game" , "who is giving you problems right now?" , "pointer" , "Breed of gun dog" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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