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Dickensian crook heading off to case area once more (5)

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again

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'once more' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for again that I've seen before include "Not for the first time" , "One more time, encore" , "Predictably perhaps" , "Anew" , "Repeatedly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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