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Compassion, we hear, for male deer (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hart

'male deer' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'compassion we hear' is the wordplay.
'compassion' becomes 'heart' (I've seen this in another clue).
'we hear' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'heart' sounds like 'HART'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for hart that I've seen before include "Deer; Lorenz --, lyricist" , "Male red-deer" , "Animal" , "Ruminative type" , "Mature male deer" .)

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