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Criminal can reorder key handbook for working out values (5,8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ready reckoner

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'handbook for working out values' is the definition.
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'criminal can reorder key' is the wordplay.
'criminal' indicates anagramming the letters.
'can'+'reorder'+'key'='canreorderkey'
'canreorderkey' is an anagram of 'READY RECKONER'.

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(Other definitions for ready reckoner that I've seen before include "Book of calculation aids" , "Printed tables used in standard computations" , "Calculating aid" , "table" , "Tables of standard numerical calculations" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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