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Petty criminal in one clan's quiet (15)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inconsequential

'petty' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'criminal in one clan's quiet' is the wordplay.
'criminal' is an anagram indicator.
'in'+'one'+'clans'+'quiet'='inoneclansquiet'
'inoneclansquiet' anagrammed gives 'INCONSEQUENTIAL'.

(Other definitions for inconsequential that I've seen before include "Petty" , "Trivial" , "unrelated to the foregoing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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