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Moving pleas about to stop psychologist coming to crime-infested area (7,6)

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asphalt jungle

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'to crime-infested area' is the definition.
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'moving pleas about to stop psychologist' is the wordplay.
'moving' indicates an anagram (letters are moved around).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'to stop' becomes 'halt' (halt can mean to stop).
'psychologist' becomes 'Jung' (Carl Jung).
'pleas' with letters rearranged gives 'asple'.
'halt'+'jung'='haltjung'
'asple' enclosing 'haltjung' is 'ASPHALT JUNGLE'.

'coming' acts as a link.

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