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Black Widow might make this a place for criminal activity? (4,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dark web

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'make this a place for criminal activity?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'black widow' is the wordplay.
'black' becomes 'dark' (synonyms).
'widow' becomes 'web' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'dark'+'web'='DARK WEB'

'might' acts as a link.

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I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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