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Times N°892
2d. Officer commanding yeomen to compound dogs - one's getting out (9)
= EXCURSION

How does the EX + ION containing CURS (dogs) relate to the first three words of the clue?

Since your request has been sitting for a while I'll have a stab.

Officer = EX (ecutive)
Yeoman = 1 on,,, one definition of a yeoman was someone working their own land. Or a servant of some description.
That's my guess ;-)

Exon is one of the four commanding officers of the Yeomen of the Guard.

In the clue Exon is "compounding" dogs (CURS) and one (l) giving EXCURSION = going out

That sounds much better!

Thanks Busby for the stab and Brackendale for the spot-on hit. I'll add 'Exon' to my list of obscure unknowns.