Hands on man's bum during prison time, sent up (9)
I believe the answer is:
transmits
'hands on' is the definition.
(both can mean to pass on)
'man's bum during prison time sent up' is the wordplay.
'bum' indicates anagramming the letters (bum can mean faulty or wrong).
'during' indicates putting letters inside.
'prison' becomes 'stir' (informal term for prison).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'sent up' is a reversal indicator.
'stir'+'t'='stirt'
'stirt' in reverse letter order is 'trits'.
'mans' anagrammed gives 'ansm'.
'ansm' put within 'trits' is 'TRANSMITS'.
I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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