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Made criminal undercut Mafia? Not I! (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

manufactured

'made' is the definition.
(manufacturing is a kind of making)

'criminal undercut mafia? not i' is the wordplay.
'criminal' indicates an anagram.
'not' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'undercut'+'mafia'='undercutmafia'
'undercutmafia' with 'i' taken out is 'undercutmafa'.
'undercutmafa' anagrammed gives 'MANUFACTURED'.

(Another definition for manufactured that I've seen is " Made".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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