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Barking
Scot
has
scraggly
beard
–
even
for
a
poet
(8)
Barking Scot has scraggly beard – even for a poet (8)
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How the clue works
Barking Scot hints at the Aberdeen terrier, otherwise known as a Scottie dog. The wordplay takes a scraggly (anagram) version of 'beard' to give ABERD, then adds E'EN — the poetic contraction of 'even' — yielding ABERDEEN.