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Boos in court - uneasy judge ultimately slammed challenge to authority (3,6,2,7)

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I believe the answer is:

you cannot be serious

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'boos in court uneasy judge ultimately slammed challenge to authority' is the definition.
I know that 'court' relates to this answer.

'boos in court uneasy judge ultimately slammed' is the wordplay.
'ultimately' says to take the final letters.
'slammed' indicates an anagram.
The final letter of 'judge' is 'e'.
'boos'+'in'+'court'+'uneasy'+'e'='boosincourtuneasye'
'boosincourtuneasye' with letters rearranged gives 'YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS'.

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