Crossword Genius

Actor with speech not having caught handover (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

extradition

'handover' is the definition.
(as in being extradited to another country)

'actor with speech not having caught' is the wordplay.
'actor with' becomes 'extra' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'speech' becomes 'diction' (I've seen this in other clues).
'not having' is a deletion indicator.
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'diction' with 'c' taken away is 'dition'.
'extra'+'dition'='EXTRADITION'

(Other definitions for extradition that I've seen before include "delivery to another country" , "Suspect removal" , "delivery from abroad" , "Return home < of one who offended" , "Return to original state" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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