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Watch how things pan out as we detain criminal (4,3,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wait and see

'watch how things pan out' is the definition.
(see what happens)

'as we detain criminal' is the wordplay.
'criminal' indicates anagramming the letters.
'as'+'we'+'detain'='aswedetain'
'aswedetain' is an anagram of 'WAIT AND SEE'.

(Other definitions for wait and see that I've seen before include "Bide one's time" , "Take no action and watch how events pan out" , "Be patient to find how things turns out" , "Reserve judgement until it happens" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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