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Our amusement at killing (12)

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I believe the answer is:

manslaughter

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'killing' is the definition.
(manslaughter is a kind of killing)

'our amusement' is the wordplay.
'our' becomes 'mans' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'amusement' becomes 'laughter' (I've seen this before).
'mans'+'laughter'='MANSLAUGHTER'

'at' is the link.

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(Other definitions for manslaughter that I've seen before include "Crime of killing, short of murder" , "slaying" , "charge?" , "Crime of unpremeditated killing" , "Killing without malice" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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