Save appalling wacko breaching authority (4,4)

I believe the answer is:

sock away

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'save' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'appalling wacko breaching authority' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'wacko' is 'ockaw' which is present in the answer.
'authority' could be 'say' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'say' is present in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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