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Hostility from Tyson -- I am mad boxing him, at heart (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

animosity

'hostility' is the definition.
(animosity is a kind of hostility)

'tyson i am mad boxing him at heart' is the wordplay.
'mad' is an anagram indicator.
'boxing' means one lot of letters goes inside another ('box' can mean contain, as in to put in a box).
'at heart' indicates the central letters.
The middle of 'him' is 'i'.
'tyson'+'i'+'am'='tysoniam'
'tysoniam' anagrammed gives 'anmosity'.
'anmosity' enclosing 'i' is 'ANIMOSITY'.

'from' is the link.

(Other definitions for animosity that I've seen before include "Is no amity in rancour" , "A spirit of hostility, enmity" , "Hostile feeling" , "Maoist yin generates spirit of hostility" , "Strong hostility" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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