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Cattle devouring hot dogs (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chows

'dogs' is the definition.
(chow is a kind of dog)

'cattle devouring hot' is the wordplay.
'cattle' becomes 'cows' (synonyms).
'devouring' indicates putting letters inside.
'hot' becomes 'h' (abbreviation, eg on taps).
'cows' going around 'h' is 'CHOWS'.

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