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Wholly eaten by Dorothy's dog? (2,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

in toto

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'wholly' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'eaten by dorothy's dog?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'dog?' could be 'toto' (I've seen this before) and 'toto' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'in' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for in toto that I've seen before include "As a whole (Lat.)" , "Wholly" , "Completely - entirely (Latin)" , "In entirety" , "overall" .)

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