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Scottish island to have a go at crime (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

barratry

'crime' is the definition.
(historical type of fraud)

'scottish island to have a go' is the wordplay.
'scottish island' becomes 'barra' (I've seen this before).
'to have' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a go' becomes 'try' (I've seen this before).
'barra'+'try'='BARRATRY'

'at' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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