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Taser a criminal, without good means to suppress disorder (4,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tear gas

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'to suppress disorder' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'taser a criminal without good' is the wordplay.
'criminal' is an anagram indicator.
'without' indicates putting letters inside ('without' can be similar in meaning to 'outside').
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'taser'+'a'='tasera'
'tasera' is an anagram of 'tearas'.
'tearas' going around 'g' is 'TEAR-GAS'.

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(Other definitions for tear gas that I've seen before include "it keeps protests down" , "Used by police against rioters, irritates eyes" , "Discharge sprayed by riot police" , "Riot police may use this eye irritant" , "Riot control weapon" .)

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