Crossword Genius

Police informer's tied up suspect (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

distrust

'suspect' is the definition.
('distrust' can be a synonym of 'suspect')

'police informer's tied up' is the wordplay.
'police' becomes 'dis' (detective inspectors or DIs).
'informer's' shows a homophone (sound like) (as the word would sound if spoken by an informer).
'tied up' becomes 'trussed' ('truss' can be a synonym of 'tie up').
'trussed' is a homophone of 'trust'.
'dis'+'trust'='DISTRUST'

(Other definitions for distrust that I've seen before include "Durst sit with lack of confidence?" , "Stir dust (anag.)" , "Have no faith or confidence in" , "show a lack of belief" , "Stir dust up and be suspicious" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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