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Criminal warrant you truncated for a pest (6,3)

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I believe the answer is:

norway rat

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

'criminal warrant you truncated' is the wordplay.
'criminal' is an anagram indicator.
'truncated' means to remove the last letter.
'warrant'+'you'='warrantyou'
'warrantyou' with its final letter taken off is 'warrantyo'.
'warrantyo' is an anagram of 'NORWAY RAT'.

'for a' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for norway rat that I've seen before include "Common pest" , "Quisling was" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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