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Cycle fork in a squat leads to court trouble (3,3,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ask for it

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

'cycle fork in a squat' is the wordplay.
'cycle' indicates anagramming the letters.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'squat' becomes 'sit' (I've seen this in other clues).
'fork' is an anagram of 'kfor'.
'a'+'sit'='asit'
'kfor' put inside 'asit' is 'ASK FOR IT'.

'leads to' is the link.

(Other definitions for ask for it that I've seen before include "To try to get hold of computer people" , "Court trouble" , "Request PCs, perhaps" , "Invite retaliation, provoke trouble" , "Invite ill" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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