Axemen have these fights with police (9)

I believe the answer is:

fuzzboxes

'axemen have these' is the definition.
(device used by an electric guitarist, an 'axeman')

'fights with police' is the wordplay.
'fights' becomes 'boxes'.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'police' becomes 'fuzz' (I've seen this before).
'boxes' put after 'fuzz' is 'FUZZBOXES'.

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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