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TV award for Juliet, as a crackman's associate (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

jemmy

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'a crackman's associate' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'tv award for juliet' is the wordplay.
'tv award' becomes 'emmy' (I've seen this before).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'juliet' becomes 'j' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'emmy' after 'j' is 'JEMMY'.

'as' is the link.

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(Other definitions for jemmy that I've seen before include "one's used to prise)" , "Burglar's short crowbar" , "Burglar's tool" , "Thief's crowbar" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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