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Probe into criminal intercepting personal ID (7,11)

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genetic fingerprint

'personal id' is the definition.
(DNA that can identify a person)

'probe into criminal intercepting' is the wordplay.
'probe' becomes 'finger' (finger can mean to poke or probe).
'into' is an insertion indicator.
'criminal' is an anagram indicator.
'intercepting' with letters rearranged gives 'geneticprint'.
'finger' going inside 'geneticprint' is 'GENETIC FINGERPRINT'.

(Another definition for genetic fingerprint that I've seen is " Individual's specific DNA configuration".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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