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Confinement makes Ted intone composition (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

detention

'confinement' is the definition.
(I know that detention is a type of confinement)

'makes ted intone composition' is the wordplay.
'makes' indicates an anagram.
'composition' indicates anagramming the letters (letters arranged or composed in a different order).
'ted' with letters rearranged gives 'det'.
'intone' with letters rearranged gives 'ention'.
'det'+'ention'='DETENTION'

(Other definitions for detention that I've seen before include "Confinement" , "Arrest; school punishment" , "Custody" , "After-school punishment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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