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Greatest amount of pride? (5,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lions share

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'greatest amount' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'pride?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'pride?' could be 'lions' (a pride is a group of lions) and 'lions' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'share' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'of' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for lions share that I've seen before include "Main part" , "Largest part" , "Principal part" , "For the greater part" , "Largest portion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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