Meet your maker after court - it's the gallows (6)

I believe the answer is:

woodie

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'meet your maker' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'after court it's the gallows' is the wordplay.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'court' becomes 'woo' (both can mean to romance someone).
'it's the gallows' becomes 'die' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'woo'+'die' is 'WOODIE'.

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I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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