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Do a feline out of a male (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cheat

'do' is the definition.
(do can mean to cheat or defraud)

'a feline out of a male' is the wordplay.
'a feline' becomes 'cat' (cat is a kind of feline).
'out of' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters on the outside of others).
'a male' becomes 'he' (he refers to a man).
'cat' going around 'he' is 'CHEAT'.

(Other definitions for cheat that I've seen before include "Teach? (Anag)" , "Swindler - crib" , "22 [FRAUDSTER]" , "Con" , "Welsh" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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