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As prosecutor be prepared for bribe (1,3,2,8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

a sop to cerberus

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

'as prosecutor be prepared' is the wordplay.
'prepared' indicates anagramming the letters.
'prosecutor'+'be'='prosecutorbe'
'prosecutorbe' is an anagram of 'optocerberus'.
'as'+'optocerberus'='A SOP TO CERBERUS'

'for' acts as a link.

(Another definition for a sop to cerberus that I've seen is " bribe".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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