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Leicester cop working for the Gestapo, say (6,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

secret police

'the gestapo say' is the definition.
(gestapo is a kind of secret police)

'leicester cop working' is the wordplay.
'working' indicates anagramming the letters.
'leicester'+'cop'='leicestercop'
'leicestercop' is an anagram of 'SECRET POLICE'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for secret police that I've seen before include "NKVD, perhaps" , "Anti-subversion force" , "Undercover lawmen" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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