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Charity provided by the heartless alarms (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alms

'charity' is the definition.
(alms is a kind of charity)

'the heartless alarms' is the wordplay.
'the heartless' means to remove the middle letters.
'alarms' with its centre removed is 'ALMS'.

'provided by' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for alms that I've seen before include "Charitable donations to poor" , "help" , "Charitable relief" , "Charitable donations to the needy" , "Charitable gifts - slam them" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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