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Pig's ear, pet food? (4,9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dogs breakfast

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'pig's ear' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'pet food?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'pet' could be 'dog' and 'dog' is found in the answer.
'food?' could be 'breakfast' (breakfast is a kind of food) and 'breakfast' is present in the answer.
A single letter 's' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for dogs breakfast that I've seen before include "Confused mess" , "Total mess" , "Untidy mess (to feed pet?)" , "Mess (food for Fido?)" , "Pig's ear" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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