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Any fierce criminal is aggressive (2-3-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

in-yer-face

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

'any fierce criminal' is the wordplay.
'criminal' indicates an anagram.
'any'+'fierce'='anyfierce'
'anyfierce' with letters rearranged gives 'IN-YER-FACE'.

'is' is the link.

(Another definition for in-yer-face that I've seen is " Provocative".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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