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Dog leads on rumbustious Yorkies, mine (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

colliery

'mine' is the definition.
(a colliery is a coal mine)

'dog leads on rumbustious yorkies' is the wordplay.
'dog' becomes 'collie' (collie is a kind of dog).
'leads on' says to take the initial letters (the letters which lead the words).
The first letters of 'rumbustious yorkies' is 'ry'.
'collie'+'ry'='COLLIERY'

(Other definitions for colliery that I've seen before include "Mining complex" , "Pit" , "Coal mine" , "Coalmine and surrounding buildings" , "Where a coalminer goes to work" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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