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Crime Harry scorns regularly (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

arson

'crime' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'harry scorns regularly' is the wordplay.
'regularly' means one should take alternating letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
'harry'+'scorns'='harryscorns'
The alternating letters of 'harryscorns' are 'ARSON'.

(Other definitions for arson that I've seen before include "Crime of fire raising" , "The act of firing" , "Fire-raising crime" , "Act of a pyromaniac" , "Criminal pyromania" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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