… Criminal came in for the pictures (6)
I believe the answer is:
cinema
'the pictures' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'criminal came in' is the wordplay.
'criminal' is an anagram indicator.
'came'+'in'='camein'
'camein' with letters rearranged gives 'CINEMA'.
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for cinema that I've seen before include "Picture-house 96)" , "Picture house" , "Movie-house" , "Silver screen" , "Movie theatre" .)