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Criminal selling amber sculptures (5,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elgin marbles

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'criminal' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'selling amber sculptures' is the wordplay.
'sculptures' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'sculpture' mean this).
'selling'+'amber'='sellingamber'
'sellingamber' anagrammed gives 'ELGIN MARBLES'.

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(Other definitions for elgin marbles that I've seen before include "some old stones" , "a lot of relief shown in London" , "5th Century BC Greek sculptures brought to England" , "Sculptures from the Parthenon, held by the British Museum" , "Statuary from the Parthenon" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.
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