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Cricket side allege fiddling bringing in a top lawyer (5,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

legal eagle

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'top lawyer' is the definition.
'legal eagle' can be an answer for 'lawyer' (I have seen 'Astute lawyer' mean 'legal eagle' so perhaps 'lawyer' could also mean 'legal eagle'). I am not sure about the 'top' bit.

'cricket side allege fiddling bringing in a' is the wordplay.
'cricket side' becomes 'leg' (I've seen this before).
'fiddling' is an anagram indicator.
'bringing in' is an insertion indicator.
'allege' is an anagram of 'alegle'.
'alegle' placed around 'a' is 'aleagle'.
'leg'+'aleagle'='LEGAL EAGLE'

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(Other definitions for legal eagle that I've seen before include "perhaps the best defence" , "Brief" , "Astute lawyer" , "Bright lawyer (colloq.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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