In hiding a heavy heart, nominally (3)

I believe the answer is:

ian

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'in hiding a heavy heart nominally' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'in hiding a heavy heart' is the wordplay.
'hiding' is an insertion indicator.
'heart' says to take the centre.
The middle of 'heavy' is 'a'.
'in' enclosing 'a' is 'IAN'.

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(Other definitions for ian that I've seen before include ". . . Botham, . . . Woosnam" , "Boy's name (Scottish?)" , "Sir - McKellen, actor" , "Botham or Chappell?" , "The familiar Dr Paisley" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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