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Policemen heard in thicket (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

copse

'thicket' is the definition.
(I know that thicket can be written as copse)

'policemen heard' is the wordplay.
'policemen' becomes 'cops' (cop is a kind of policeman).
'heard' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'cops' sounds like 'COPSE'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for copse that I've seen before include "Piece of managed woodland" , "Scope for a small wood" , "Small group of trees" , "Coppice" , "Cluster of trees" .)

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