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Take cat first of all into school (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stomach

'take' is the definition.
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'cat first of all into school' is the wordplay.
'cat' becomes 'tom' (a tom is a male cat).
'first of' indicates taking the first letters.
'into' indicates putting letters inside.
'school' becomes 'sch'.
The initial letter of 'all' is 'a'.
'tom'+'a'='toma'
'toma' inserted inside 'sch' is 'STOMACH'.

(Other definitions for stomach that I've seen before include "Appetite for food" , "Bear - belly" , "stand" , "Take" , "Tolerate; appetite" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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