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Come to the jail (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stir

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'jail' is the definition.
(stir can informally mean jail)

'come to the' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'sir' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for stir that I've seen before include "Commotion; agitate" , "Get moving" , "Agitate; wake from sleep" , "Affect emotionally" , "Mix the ingredients" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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