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Charged with disrupting first half of Ariana Grande performance (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

arraigned

'charged' is the definition.
(arraigning is a kind of charging)

'with disrupting first half of ariana grande performance' is the wordplay.
'with' indicates putting letters inside.
'disrupting' indicates anagramming the letters.
'first half of' suggests halving the letters.
'performance' is an anagram indicator.
'ariana' cut in half is 'ari'.
'ari' anagrammed gives 'rai'.
'grande' with letters rearranged gives 'argned'.
'rai' placed inside 'argned' is 'ARRAIGNED'.

(Other definitions for arraigned that I've seen before include "Called before a court to answer an indictment" , "accused" , "Indicted" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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