The police chief's last resort (3,2,5)
I believe the answer is:
use of force
'resort' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'the police chief's last' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'police' could be 'force' (the force can refer to the police force) and 'force' is found in the answer.
'last' could be 'f' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'f' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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