Pride scattering by the way -- as tiger appears (7)

I believe the answer is:

striped

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'tiger appears' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'pride scattering by the way' is the wordplay.
'scattering' indicates anagramming the letters.
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'the way' becomes 'st' (**).
'pride' with letters rearranged gives 'riped'.
'riped' put after 'st' is 'STRIPED'.

'as' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for striped that I've seen before include "like Shere Khan" , "Red tips (anag.)" , "streaked" , "Like a zebra" , "Decorated with lines" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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