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Caught criminal curious about computing, not going straight (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

circuitous

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'caught criminal' is the definition.
The answer and definition are different parts of speech. However, past participle verbs and adjectives sometimes define each other.

'curious about computing not going straight' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'about' could be 'c' (abbreviation for circa) and 'c' is located in the answer.
'computing' could be 'it' (IT is an abbreviation for Information Technology) and 'it' is located in the answer.
an anagram of 'curious' is 'ircuous' which is located in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for circuitous that I've seen is " (Of a route) roundabout".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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