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Implies criminal isn't wearing headgear (5,2)

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I believe the answer is:

hints at

'implies' is the definition.

'criminal isn't wearing headgear' is the wordplay.
'criminal' is an anagram indicator.
'wearing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'headgear' becomes 'hat' (hat is a kind of headgear).
'isnt' anagrammed gives 'ints'.
'ints' going inside 'hat' is 'HINTS AT'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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