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Nice lawman has right to cut information on titled lady (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gendarme

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'nice lawman' is the definition.
'gendarme' can be an answer for 'lawman' (gendarme is a kind of lawman). I am not certain of the 'nice' bit.

'right to cut information on titled lady' is the wordplay.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'to cut' is an insertion indicator (some letters cut their way into a word).
'information' becomes 'gen' (gen can informally mean information).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'titled lady' becomes 'dame' (dame is a title given to a woman).
'gen'+'dame'='gendame'
'r' placed inside 'gendame' is 'GENDARME'.

'has' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for gendarme that I've seen before include "Member of the French police" , "Busy" , "An arresting Frenchman?" , "French copper" , "alpine pinnacle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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