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Wild dog making noise disappear (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dingo

'wild dog' is the definition.
(dingo is a kind of wild dog)

'noise disappear' is the wordplay.
'noise' becomes 'din' (din is a kind of noise).
'disappear' becomes 'go' (going is a kind of disappearing).
'din'+'go'='DINGO'

'making' is the link.

(Other definitions for dingo that I've seen before include "Wild animal" , "Kipling's yellow dog" , "Scavenger" , "Wild thing" , "Wild Australian dog" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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