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Crooks wail about community service? (6,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

social work

'community service?' is the definition.
(social work is done for the community)

'crooks wail about' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates an anagram.
'crooks'+'wail'='crookswail'
'crookswail' anagrammed gives 'SOCIAL-WORK'.

(Other definitions for social work that I've seen before include "Welfare activity intended to help the socially deprived" , "Activity improving welfare" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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