Spot if the criminal makes call after crime (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
stop thief
'call after crime' is the definition.
(phrase cried out after a theft)
'spot if the criminal' is the wordplay.
'spot' becomes 'stop' (stop is a kind of spot).
'criminal' is an anagram indicator.
'if'+'the'='ifthe'
'ifthe' is an anagram of 'thief'.
'stop'+'thief'='STOP THIEF'
'makes' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for stop thief that I've seen before include "Appeal to arrest an escaping offender!" , "Cry for help in catching criminal" , "Shift poet in order to halt robber" , "Cry from victim of crime" .)