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Heartless, silly to stop practice (6)

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I believe the answer is:

system

'practice' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'heartless silly to stop' is the wordplay.
'heartless' suggests removing the centre.
'to stop' becomes 'stem' (stemming is a kind of stopping).
'silly' with its centre removed is 'sy'.
'sy'+'stem'='SYSTEM'

(Other definitions for system that I've seen before include "set-up" , "Arrangement of parts functioning together" , "Group of elements forming a unified whole" , "Organised means of work" , "Method (of betters?)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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