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Lock web address after X linked to copyright (4-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kiss-curl

'lock' is the definition.
(I know that kiss curl is a type of crimp)

'web address after x linked to copyright' is the wordplay.
'web address' becomes 'url' (abbreviation for uniform resource locator).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'x' becomes 'kiss' (X can represent a kiss).
'linked to' says to put letters next to each other.
'copyright' becomes 'C' (as in the copyright symbol, a C in a circle).
'kiss'+'c'='kissc'
'url' put after 'kissc' is 'KISS-CURL'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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