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The advent of a hard-hearted competitor (7)

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I believe the answer is:

arrival

'the advent' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'a hard-hearted competitor' is the wordplay.
'hearted' means to look at the middle letters.
'competitor' becomes 'rival' (synonyms).
The centre of 'hard' is 'ar'.
'ar'+'rival'='ARRIVAL'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for arrival that I've seen before include "Attainment of destination" , "Appearance (at a destination)" , "The reaching of one's destination" , "Appearance (at a place)" , "Appearance, entrance" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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