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His victims got it in the neck (4)

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I believe the answer is:

thug

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'his victims got it' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'the neck' is the wordplay.
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'neck' becomes 'hug' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
't'+'hug'='THUG'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for thug that I've seen before include "Gorilla" , "Burrowing crustacean" , "Violent criminal" , "Violent hoodlum" , "brute" .)

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