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Detaining a shady criminal for now (2,4,3,3,3)

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I believe the answer is:

in this day and age

'now' is the definition.
(in this day and age means in contemporary times)

'detaining a shady criminal' is the wordplay.
'criminal' indicates an anagram.
'detaining'+'a'+'shady'='detainingashady'
'detainingashady' with letters rearranged gives 'IN THIS DAY AND AGE'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Another definition for in this day and age that I've seen is " at the present time".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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