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Against pieces of evidence? No point - I have to be convincing (10)

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conclusive

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'convincing' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'against pieces of evidence? no point i have' is the wordplay.
'against' becomes 'con' (as in pros and cons, for and against).
'pieces of evidence? no' becomes 'clu' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'point' becomes 's' (South).
'i have' becomes 'I've' (contraction of 'I have').
'con'+'clu'+'s'+'ive'='CONCLUSIVE'

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(Other definitions for conclusive that I've seen before include "Final" , "Decisive, convincing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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