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Ignorant to assume criminal’s out of control (13)

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I believe the answer is:

unconstrained

'out of control' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'ignorant to assume criminal's' is the wordplay.
'ignorant' becomes 'untrained' (having received no training or teaching).
'to assume' indicates putting letters inside.
'criminal's' becomes 'con's' (abbreviation for 'convict').
'untrained' enclosing 'cons' is 'UNCONSTRAINED'.

(Another definition for unconstrained that I've seen is " Not limited".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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