Stop crime? Go afresh to tackle seriously (4,2,5)

I believe the answer is:

come to grips

'tackle seriously' is the definition.

'stop crime? go afresh' is the wordplay.
'afresh' indicates an anagram.
'stop'+'crime'+'go'='stopcrimego'
'stopcrimego' with letters rearranged gives 'COME TO GRIPS'.

'to' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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