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Chooses
a
pet
with
no
tail,
a
bit
tame
in
afterthought
(6)
Chooses a pet with no tail, a bit tame in afterthought (6)
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The definition is at the beginning of the clue.
How the clue works
Chooses is your definition. For the wordplay, take a literally as A, then pet with no tail gives you DO (DOG minus its last letter), then a bit tame plucks out the first letter T. Now that whole lot — A, DO, T — gets placed inside PS, your afterthought, to give you A-DO-PTS.