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Do wrong in Jersey on vacation, procuring pot (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

jerry

'pot' is the definition.
(slang for chamber pot)

'do wrong in jersey on vacation' is the wordplay.
'do wrong' becomes 'err' (I've seen this in other clues).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'on vacation' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'jersey' with its centre removed is 'jy'.
'err' inserted within 'jy' is 'JERRY'.

'procuring' is the link.

(Other definitions for jerry that I've seen before include "- - Hall, model and actress" , "Cartoon mouse" , "Tom and --, cartoon" , "-- Lee Lewis" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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