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Incarceration and burial around noon (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

internment

'incarceration' is the definition.
(I know that internment is a type of incarceration)

'burial around noon' is the wordplay.
'burial' becomes 'interment' (synonyms).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'noon' becomes 'n'.
'interment' placed around 'n' is 'INTERNMENT'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for internment that I've seen before include "Committal" , "Precautionary measure" , "Detention" , "Confinement of an enemy national" , "Locking up" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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