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Outlaw to steal from home with US gangster (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

robin hood

'outlaw' is the definition.
(Robin Hood is an example)

'steal from home with us gangster' is the wordplay.
'steal from' becomes 'rob' (to rob someone is to steal something from them).
'home' becomes 'in' (to be in is to be (at) home).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'us gangster' becomes 'hood' (US slang for a criminal).
'rob'+'in'+'hood'='ROBIN HOOD'

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for robin hood that I've seen before include "Lawbreaker" , "Old thief" , "Pantomime character" , "Folk hero of Sherwood Forest - robbed the rich and gave to the poor" , "Famous outlaw" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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