Arrest Yankee with correct kind of protection (9)

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'kind of protection' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.

'arrest yankee with correct' is the wordplay.
'arrest' becomes 'cop' (synonyms).
'yankee' becomes 'Y' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'correct' becomes 'right' (right can mean correct).
'cop'+'y'+'right'='COPYRIGHT'

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(Other definitions for copyright that I've seen before include "property of the author?" , "it gives one freedom to reproduce" , "Patent" , "Sole entitlement to produce literary works" , "Protected" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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