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Ordered cab to follow black feline (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bobcat

'feline' is the definition.
(bobcat is a kind of feline)

'ordered cab to follow black' is the wordplay.
'ordered' indicates an anagram.
'follow' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'black' becomes 'b' (as in pencil classifications).
'cab'+'to'='cabto'
'cabto' is an anagram of 'obcat'.
'obcat' after 'b' is 'BOBCAT'.

(Other definitions for bobcat that I've seen before include "North American lynx" , "Kind of lynx" , "Small N American lynx" , "North American feline" , "Relation of the lynx" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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