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Intense offender, ready to face judge, departs (12)

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I believe the answer is:

concentrated

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'intense' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'offender ready to face judge departs' is the wordplay.
'offender ready' becomes 'concent' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to face' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'judge' becomes 'rate' (rating is a kind of judging).
'departs' becomes 'd' (common abbreviation e.g. train timetables).
'concent'+'rate'+'d'='CONCENTRATED'

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(Another definition for concentrated that I've seen is " Focused - made denser".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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