Underworld crook’s heart set on pool icon from Japan (5,5)
I believe the answer is:
hello kitty
'icon from japan' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'underworld crook's heart set on pool' is the wordplay.
'underworld' becomes 'hell' (synonyms).
'heart' means to look at the middle letters.
'set on' says to put letters next to each other.
'pool' becomes 'kitty' (both can mean a shared fund).
The central letter of 'crook' is 'o'.
'hell'+'o'+'kitty'='HELLO KITTY'
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I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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