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A cereal heard to surprise (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amaze

'surprise' is the definition.
(I know that amaze is a more specific form of the action surprise)

'a cereal heard' is the wordplay.
'cereal' becomes 'maize' (maize is a kind of cereal).
'heard' shows a homophone (sound like).
'maize' is a homophone of 'maze'.
'a'+'maze'='AMAZE'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for amaze that I've seen before include "Bewilder" , "wow!" , "Stun" , "Floor" , "baffle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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