Mechanism to eliminate sex crime? (6)
I believe the answer is:
device
'mechanism' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'eliminate sex crime?' is the wordplay.
'eliminate sex' becomes 'de' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'crime?' becomes 'vice' (vice crime is a kind of crime).
'de'+'vice'='DEVICE'
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for device that I've seen before include "Plan - emblem" , "Contrivance; motto" , "Gadget, piece of apparatus" , "Scheme for achieving something, or a trick" , "Thing made or used for particular purpose" .)