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Somehow hairy dog ate end of the stew (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

goateed

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'somehow hairy' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'dog ate end of the stew' is the wordplay.
'end of' indicates one should take the final letters.
'stew' indicates an anagram.
The final letter of 'the' is 'e'.
'dog'+'ate'+'e'='dogatee'
'dogatee' anagrammed gives 'GOATEED'.

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(Other definitions for goateed that I've seen before include "Bearded" , "Having a pointed beard" .)

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