Sting to appear heartless — cocky type (5-4)
I believe the answer is:
smart-arse
'appear heartless cocky type' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'sting to' is the wordplay.
'sting' becomes 'smart' (I've seen this before).
'to' becomes 'arse' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'smart'+'arse'='SMART-ARSE'
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