Looking to put back a leader from Epsom with south-eastern dialect (9)
I believe the answer is:
pekingese
'dialect' is the definition.
(dialect used in Beijing)
'looking to put back a leader from epsom with south-eastern' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'leader' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is found in the answer.
'from' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is present in the answer.
'south' could be 's' (abbreviation) and 's' is present in the answer.
'eastern' could be 'e' and 'e' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pekingese that I've seen before include "Mandarin" , "Small dog (from China?)" , "Barker" , "Snub-nosed lapdog" .)