The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LYNX
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result LYNX
- Cat associations reported on the radio
- Feline couplings can be heard
- Cat regularly playing — a sign of affection
- Heard couple’s cat
- Cat joins in conversation
- Heard golf course feline
- Golf course reported wild animal
- Wild cat’s course by the sea given mention
- Wild animal‘s connections being read out
- Connections, we hear, for wild cat
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The straight part
We know that "wild animal" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case wild animal = lynx.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does LYNX mean?
LYNX noun- Any of several medium-sized wild cats, mostly of the genus Lynx.