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Certain care is lousy for jail (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

incarcerate

'jail' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'certain care is lousy' is the wordplay.
'is lousy' is an anagram indicator.
'certain'+'care'='certaincare'
'certaincare' is an anagram of 'INCARCERATE'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for incarcerate that I've seen before include "Put in prison" , "Imprison" , "Detain" , "Lock up" , "Put behind bars" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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