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If I cut the core out, there will be a hole (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orifice

'a hole' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'if i cut the core out' is the wordplay.
'cut' indicates an anagram.
'out' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'core' anagrammed gives 'orce'.
'if'+'i'='ifi'
'ifi' inserted within 'orce' is 'ORIFICE'.

'there will be' is the link.

(Other definitions for orifice that I've seen before include "Space" , "Hole, opening" , "provided by gold and diamonds" , "Bodily hole" , "8 [OPENING]" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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