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In case, detain our mob who go on the spree (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

carouse

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'the spree' is the definition.
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'in case detain our mob who go' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'our' is 'rou' which is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'case' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'on' is the link.

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(Other definitions for carouse that I've seen before include "Celebrate noisily" , "Engage in boisterous, drunken merry-making" , "Take a course to party wildly" , "Party noisily" , "booze" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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