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Advocates at Supreme Court overact, twisting points, ignoring time (9)

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champions

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'advocates' is the definition.
(champion is a kind of advocate)

'overact twisting points ignoring time' is the wordplay.
'overact' becomes 'cham' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'twisting' indicates an anagram.
'ignoring' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'points' with 't' removed is 'poins'.
'poins' is an anagram of 'pions'.
'cham'+'pions'='CHAMPIONS'

'at supreme court' is the link.
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(Other definitions for champions that I've seen before include "Winners in competition" , "best ones" , "Defends" , "Pinch Amos to find successful competitors" , "They win first place in competitions" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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