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Wild description of territory policed by the Security Council? (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

uncontrolled

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'wild' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'policed by the security council?' is the wordplay.
'policed' becomes 'controlled' ('control' can be a synonym of 'police').
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'the security council?' becomes 'un' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'controlled' put after 'un' is 'UNCONTROLLED'.

'description of territory' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for uncontrolled that I've seen before include "Out of hand" , "Without restraint or regulation" , "Not regulated" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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