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Charlie has half an hour with the dog (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cur

'the dog' is the definition.
(cur is a kind of dog)

'charlie has half an hour' is the wordplay.
'charlie' becomes 'c' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'has' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'half an hour' becomes 'ur'.
'c'+'ur'='CUR'

'with' is the link.

(Other definitions for cur that I've seen before include "Wretch" , "Aggressive mongrel" , "Despicable person" , "Non-pedigree dog" , "Poor dog" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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