Wagging tail of mutt gets any cur worried (7)

I believe the answer is:

truancy

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'wagging tail of mutt gets any cur worried' is the definition.
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'tail of mutt gets any cur worried' is the wordplay.
'tail of' says to take the final letters.
'gets' says to put letters next to each other.
'worried' is an anagram indicator.
The last letter of 'mutt' is 't'.
'any'+'cur'='anycur'
'anycur' anagrammed gives 'ruancy'.
't'+'ruancy'='TRUANCY'

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(Other definitions for truancy that I've seen before include "Unauthorised absence from school" , "bunking off" , "Failure to attend school" , "Staying away from school" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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