Diagnose the problem and criticise (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
find fault
'criticise' is the definition.
(I know that find fault is a more specific form of the action criticise)
'diagnose the problem' is the wordplay.
'diagnose' becomes 'find' (as in finding or diagnosing an issue).
'the problem' becomes 'fault' (fault can mean a problem or error).
'find'+'fault'='FIND-FAULT'
'and' acts as a link.
(Another definition for find fault that I've seen is " Carp".)
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