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Sailor involved in worrying street crime (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

carjacking

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'sailor involved in worrying street crime' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'sailor involved in worrying' is the wordplay.
'sailor' becomes 'jack' (informal term for a sailor).
'involved in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'worrying' becomes 'caring'.
'jack' inserted into 'caring' is 'CARJACKING'.

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(Other definitions for carjacking that I've seen before include "crime?" , "Vehicle stealing" , "Maybe taking taxi from driver" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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