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Time for arson, riots around England, or another crime (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

treason

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'another crime' is the definition.
'treason' can be an answer for 'crime' (treason is a kind of crime). I'm not sure about the 'another' bit.

'time for arson riots around england' is the wordplay.
'time for' becomes 't' (I've seen this in other clues).
'riots' indicates an anagram.
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'england' becomes 'e'.
'arson' is an anagram of 'rason'.
'rason' enclosing 'e' is 'reason'.
't'+'reason'='TREASON'

'or' is the link.

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(Other definitions for treason that I've seen before include "Act of betrayal of a government" , "Crime agains one's country" , "Betrayal of the state" , "Senator (anag)" , "One's art? (anag)" .)

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