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Wild romp with earl, which has bite (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

premolar

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'has bite' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.

'wild romp with earl' is the wordplay.
'wild' indicates anagramming the letters.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'romp'+'earl'='rompearl'
'rompearl' with letters rearranged gives 'PREMOLAR'.

'which' is the link.

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(Other definitions for premolar that I've seen before include "Type of tooth" , "Tooth -- real romp (anag)" , "Grinder" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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