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The last sort of quality needed by cat burglars (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stealth

'quality needed by cat burglars' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'the last sort' is the wordplay.
'sort' is an anagram indicator.
'the'+'last'='thelast'
'thelast' with letters rearranged gives 'STEALTH'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for stealth that I've seen before include "Halt set in furtive manner" , "quality needed by cat burglars" , "The last (anag.)" , "By which taxes go up" , "Avoiding detection by moving carefully" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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