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Feline voyeur? (7,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

peeping tom

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'voyeur?' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'feline' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'feline' could be 'tom' (tom is a kind of feline) and 'tom' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'peeping' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for peeping tom that I've seen before include "One who spies pruriently on others" , "who likes looking at females" , "Voyeur" , "Spy" .)

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