It's receptive at the heart centre (3)

I believe the answer is:

ear

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'it's receptive at' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'heart centre' is the wordplay.
'centre' says to take the centre.
The middle letters of 'heart' are 'EAR'.

'the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for ear that I've seen before include "Lug (colloq.)" , "Aural organ" , "Sense organ" , "Part of cereal plant containing seed" , "Fruiting head of a cereal" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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