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On charge, having cut the high wire (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

telegraph

'wire' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'on charge having cut the high' is the wordplay.
'on' becomes 'leg' (cricket term, fielding positions).
'charge' becomes 'rap' (I have seen 'Criminal charge ' mean 'rap' so perhaps 'charge' could also mean 'rap').
'having cut' indicates putting letters inside.
'high' is an anagram indicator (can mean drunk or on drugs and hence disordered).
'leg'+'rap'='legrap'
'the' is an anagram of 'teh'.
'legrap' going inside 'teh' is 'TELEGRAPH'.

(Other definitions for telegraph that I've seen before include "give advance notice" , "Daily" , "paper" , "Electrical transmission of coded signals" , "Transmission (by wire on poles)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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