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Are caught trespassing in the land (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

acre

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

'are caught trespassing' is the wordplay.
'caught' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'trespassing' becomes 'c' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'are' enclosing 'c' is 'ACRE'.

'in the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for acre that I've seen before include "Muslims here besieged" , "Unit of area of 4,840 square yards" , "Care about the land measure" , "Race (anag.)" , "Unit of land measurement" .)

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