### Clue: Little girl's dog carrying lead, oddly comical (7)
### Answer: JOCULAR 
 ### Explanation: Definition: comical 
 JO(a short form of/little "Josephine", a girl's name) + CUR(an aggressive or scruffy dog, such as a mongrel) **containing**(carrying) **1st and 3rd letters of**(…, oddly) "lead".