Call the cops for Jack up at Harlem riot (5,3,5)
I believe the answer is:
raise the alarm
'call the cops' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.
'jack up at harlem riot' is the wordplay.
'jack up' becomes 'raise' (to jack something up is to raise or lift it).
'riot' indicates an anagram.
'at'+'harlem'='atharlem'
'atharlem' anagrammed gives 'thealarm'.
'raise'+'thealarm'='RAISE THE ALARM'
'for' is the link.
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