Police leader probing strange deaths (3,8)

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ted hastings

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'police leader probing strange deaths' is the definition.
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'police leader probing strange deaths' is the wordplay.
'police leader' becomes 'Sting' (front-man of The Police).
'probing' means one lot of letters goes inside another (probe can mean to make a hole in).
'strange' indicates an anagram.
'deaths' with letters rearranged gives 'tedhas'.
'sting' placed into 'tedhas' is 'TED HASTINGS'.

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