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Fascinated by dapper new criminal (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

enwrapped

'fascinated' is the definition.

'by dapper new criminal' is the wordplay.
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'criminal' indicates an anagram.
'dapper' after 'new' is 'newdapper'.
'newdapper' with letters rearranged gives 'ENWRAPPED'.

(Another definition for enwrapped that I've seen is " in a parcel ...".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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