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Cat to get married (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tom

'cat' is the definition.
(a tom is a male cat)

'to get married' is the wordplay.
'get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'married' becomes 'm' (abbreviation, e.g. in genealogy).
'to'+'m'='TOM'

(Other definitions for tom that I've seen before include "Male feline" , "Pig-stealing piper's son" , "He is associated with Dick and Harry" , "type pursuing queen" , "famous schoolboy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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