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I waited on northern criminal throughout the land (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nationwide

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'throughout the land' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'i waited on northern criminal' is the wordplay.
'northern' becomes 'n' (abbreviation e.g. N. Ireland).
'criminal' indicates anagramming the letters.
'i'+'waited'+'on'+'n'='iwaitedonn'
'iwaitedonn' is an anagram of 'NATIONWIDE'.

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(Other definitions for nationwide that I've seen before include "for all of us" , "Across the whole country" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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