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Crime's unravelled by Arnott oddly finding criminal (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

miscreant

'criminal' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'crime's unravelled by arnott oddly' is the wordplay.
'unravelled' is an anagram indicator.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'oddly' indicates alternate letters.
The alternate letters of 'arnott' are 'ant'.
'crimes' with letters rearranged gives 'miscre'.
'miscre'+'ant'='MISCREANT'

'finding' is the link.

(Other definitions for miscreant that I've seen before include "villain" , "culprit" , "Naughty boy!" , "scoundrel" , "behaving unlawfully" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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