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Stray got in making cat cross? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tigon

'cat cross?' is the definition.
(lion/tiger cross)

'stray got in' is the wordplay.
'stray' is an anagram indicator.
'got'+'in'='gotin'
'gotin' is an anagram of 'TIGON'.

'making' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tigon that I've seen before include "Cross between two big cats" , "Hybrid offspring of two big cats" , "Big hybrid of the cat family" , "Cross between tiger and lion" , "Animal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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