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Report made by knight in case (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bang

'report' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'knight in case' is the wordplay.
'knight' becomes 'n' (chess).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'case' becomes 'bag' (bag is a kind of case**).
'n' placed into 'bag' is 'BANG'.

'made by' is the link.

(Other definitions for bang that I've seen before include "Sudden loud noise like an explosion" , "Sudden noise; fringe" , "Sudden sharp noise" , "hit" , "Gun sound" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Times.
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