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Go on, irritate criminal with new questioning (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

interrogation

'questioning' is the definition.
(interrogation is a kind of questioning)

'go on irritate criminal with new' is the wordplay.
'criminal with' indicates anagramming the letters.
'new' becomes 'n'.
'go'+'on'+'irritate'='goonirritate'
'goonirritate' with its letters anagrammed with 'n' makes 'INTERROGATION'.

(Other definitions for interrogation that I've seen before include "Cross-examination" , "Intense questioning" , "Systematic questioning" , "The third degree" , "Formal questioning" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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