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Bank that's really heartless (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rely

'bank' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'really heartless' is the wordplay.
'heartless' means to remove the middle letters.
'really' with its centre taken out is 'RELY'.

'that's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for rely that I've seen before include "City with cathedral" , "All the letters" , "Depend or lean on" , "Depend on with confidence" , "Old rally" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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