Charges a leading crook; copper’s having a final list of charged items (11)
I believe the answer is:
accusations
'charges' is the definition.
(accusation is a kind of charge)
'a leading crook copper's having a final list of charged items' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'copper's' could be 'cus' (chemical symbol) and 'cus' is present in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
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I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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