A standard of soft warm-heartedness? (3)

I believe the answer is:

par

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'a standard' is the definition.
(standard of play in golf)

'soft warm-heartedness?' is the wordplay.
'soft' becomes 'p' (musical abbreviation for piano, 'soft').
'warm-heartedness?' becomes 'ar' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'p'+'ar'='PAR'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for par that I've seen before include "Regular score" , "Target score (golf)" , "Standard score for golfers" , "Average score for round of golf" , "Normal golfing score" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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