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Body of police that represents the Piccadilly Tube network? (4,4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thin blue line

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'body of police' is the definition.

'represents the piccadilly tube network?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is present in the answer.
'tube' could be 'line' (line is a kind of tube) and 'line' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'that' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for thin blue line that I've seen before include "Police holding back a riot?" , "police maintaining order?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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