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Dear piglet's cry in street; catch piglet's tail (10)

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I believe the answer is:

sweetheart

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'dear' is the definition.
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'piglet's cry in street catch piglet's tail' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'catch' could be 'hear' (I've seen this before) and 'hear' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for sweetheart that I've seen before include "flame?" , "boyfriend?" , "Darling" , "Darlin'"" , "Boy- or girlfriend" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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