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Dog performing with duck coming last? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dingo

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'dog performing' is the definition.
'dingo' can be an answer for 'dog' (dingoes are wild dogs). I'm not certain of the 'performing' bit.

'with duck coming last?' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'duck coming' becomes 'din' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'last?' becomes 'go' ('go' can be a synonym of 'last').
'din'+'go' is 'DINGO'.

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(Other definitions for dingo that I've seen before include "Aus. wild dog" , "Wild creature" , "dog running wild" , "Yellow Australian dog" , "Aussie wild dog" .)

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