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Restraining madman is our job, tangling with menace is not (3,2,5,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

men in white coats

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'restraining madman is our job tangling' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'with menace is not' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'with' is 'whit' which is present in the answer.
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(Other definitions for men in white coats that I've seen before include "may offer you asylum" , "medical staff" , "They're appealed to" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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