Upset canine pro with offer? Hope not! (3,6)
I believe the answer is:
god forbid
'hope not' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.
'upset canine pro with offer?' is the wordplay.
'upset' is a reversal indicator.
'canine' becomes 'dog' (dog is a kind of canine).
'pro' becomes 'for' (I've seen this in another clue).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'offer?' becomes 'bid' (bid is a kind of offer).
'dog' back-to-front is 'god'.
'god'+'for'+'bid'='GOD FORBID'
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I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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