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Possibly border on a criminal act (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mayhem

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'criminal act' is the definition.
'mayhem' can be an answer for 'act' (mayhem is a kind of act). I am not sure about the 'criminal' bit.

'possibly border on a' is the wordplay.
'possibly' becomes 'my' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'border' becomes 'hem' (I've seen this before).
'on' indicates putting letters inside (as in clothing 'on' a person).
'my'+'hem'='myhem'
'myhem' going around 'a' is 'MAYHEM'.

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(Other definitions for mayhem that I've seen before include "Chaos, violent disorder" , "wild state" , "Havoc - chaos" , "violence" , "Total chaos" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Guardian.
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