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Criminal sort in jail's last bit of snout (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nostril

'snout' is the definition.
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'criminal sort in jail's last bit of' is the wordplay.
'criminal' is an anagram indicator.
'last bit of' suggests the final letters.
The last letter of 'jail' is 'l'.
'sort'+'in'='sortin'
'sortin' is an anagram of 'nostri'.
'nostri'+'l'='NOSTRIL'

(Other definitions for nostril that I've seen before include "Nose hole" , "Nasal passageway" , "Breathing opening for a human" , "Breathing space" , "Nasal cavity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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