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Criminal resorted to the obvious way out? (6,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

street door

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'obvious way out?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'criminal resorted to' is the wordplay.
'criminal' indicates anagramming the letters.
'resorted'+'to'='resortedto'
'resortedto' anagrammed gives 'STREET-DOOR'.

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