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Police work not involved with deceit (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

detection

'police work' is the definition.
(I know that detection is a type of police work)

'not involved with deceit' is the wordplay.
'involved with' is an anagram indicator (involved can mean confusing or complex).
'not' anagrammed with 'deceit' makes 'DETECTION'.

(Another definition for detection that I've seen is " Discovery".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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