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Smart aleck caught by detective casing bar (6,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

clever dick

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'smart aleck' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'caught by detective casing bar' is the wordplay.
'caught by' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation. I am not sure about the 'by' bit.).
'detective' becomes 'dick' (informal term for a detective).
'casing' is an insertion indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'bar' becomes 'lever' (lever is a kind of bar).
'c'+'dick'='cdick'
'cdick' going around 'lever' is 'CLEVER DICK'.

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(Other definitions for clever dick that I've seen before include "Wise guy" , "The one with all the answers" , "Know-all" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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