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Soccer star Messi, familiarly (3)

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I believe the answer is:

leo

'soccer star messi familiarly' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for leo that I've seen before include "Zodiacal lion" , "of pride" , "Singer-songwriter Sayer, b. 1949" , "Lion constellation" , "Name taken by 13 popes, the last dying in 1903 aged 93" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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