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Result: fine is doubled in East European court (6)

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effect

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'result' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'fine is doubled in east european court' is the wordplay.
'fine' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'is doubled' shows that letters should be duplicated.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'east european' becomes 'ee' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'court' becomes 'ct' (abbreviation used in road names).
'f' doubled is 'ff'.
'ff' put within 'ee' is 'effe'.
'effe'+'ct'='EFFECT'

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(Other definitions for effect that I've seen before include "'Result, consequence (6)'" , "Change produced by impact or other cause" , "Consequence, outcome" , "Meaning < to force" , "Consequential change; state of becoming operative" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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