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Reportedly break feet (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

paws

'feet' is the definition.
(paw is a kind of foot)

'reportedly break' is the wordplay.
'reportedly' shows a homophone (sound like).
'break' becomes 'pause' ('pause' can be a synonym of 'break').
'pause' is a homophone of 'PAWS'.

(Other definitions for paws that I've seen before include "Tom's feet" , "Parts of Cats" , "Feet of a quadruped" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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