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Male cat (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tom

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">male cat</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(a male cat is called a tom)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for tom that I've seen before include "Male feline" , "Hoyden" , "Very small person" , "type pursuing queen" , "Bell" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Times, The Mirror, the King Feature Syndicate, The Telegraph, The Sun, the Evening Standard, the USA Today, The Star Tribune, the LA Times and The Daily Mail.
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