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Heartless cat in row (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tier

'row' is the definition.
(a tier is a row of things)

'heartless cat' is the wordplay.
'heartless' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'cat' becomes 'tiger' (tiger is a kind of cat).
'tiger' with its centre taken out is 'TIER'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for tier that I've seen before include "Rank - order" , "band" , "Bank - row" , "One of two or more rows" , "Rank - row" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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