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Attempted robbery, good sort of news? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

breaking

'sort of news?' is the definition.
(breaking news)

'attempted robbery good' is the wordplay.
'attempted robbery' becomes 'break-in' (breaking into a property).
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'breakin'+'g'='BREAKING'

(Other definitions for breaking that I've seen before include "Going first at snooker" , "Fracturing" , "falling apart" , "Interrupting" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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