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Grant big shot representation when clearly guilty (4,2,6)

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I believe the answer is:

bang to rights

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'clearly guilty' is the definition.
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'grant big shot representation' is the wordplay.
'representation' is an anagram indicator.
'grant'+'big'+'shot'='grantbigshot'
'grantbigshot' is an anagram of 'BANG TO RIGHTS'.

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(Other definitions for bang to rights that I've seen before include "Caught red-handed; with positive proof of guilt" , "Report from Left's" , "caught in the act!" , "Caught red-handed (informal)" , "with incriminating evidence" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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