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Tiger, say, in most of answers providing copy (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

replicate

'copy' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'tiger say in most of answers' is the wordplay.
'tiger say' becomes 'cat' (tiger is a kind of cat).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'most of' means to remove the last letter.
'answers' becomes 'replies' ('reply' can be a synonym of 'answer').
'replies' with its last letter taken away is 'replie'.
'cat' going within 'replie' is 'REPLICATE'.

'providing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for replicate that I've seen before include "Make an exact copy of" , "Copy, reproduce" , "Copy exactly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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