Boss losing face in dog-tired state (9)

Guardian Cryptic #28564 | 10 Across | 2021-09-30
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

“stud”(boss/a projecting knob in the centre of a shield) minus its 1st letter ( losing face ) contained in ( in ) LASSIE(the fictional canine character).

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