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Chief of police called to crash (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prang

'to crash' is the definition.
(to prang is to crash a car)

'chief of police called' is the wordplay.
'chief of' suggests taking the first letters.
'called' becomes 'rang' (called on the phone).
The first letter of 'police' is 'p'.
'p'+'rang'='PRANG'

(Other definitions for prang that I've seen before include "Plane or car crash" , "Minor accident" , "Car collision" , "Car accident, usually not too serious" , "Possible argument with van" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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