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Soak with Asian money the result of error in court? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

retrial

'result of error in court?' is the definition.
(an error in court might lead to a retrial)

'soak with asian money' is the wordplay.
'soak' becomes 'ret' (ret can mean to soak in water).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'asian money' becomes 'rial' (currency of Iran).
'ret'+'rial'='RETRIAL'

'the' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for retrial that I've seen before include "Hearing repeat" , "Revived case" , "test, after failure in first" , "Further action" , "Second court hearing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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