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Timber producer occupied court, close to accused (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

satinwood

'timber producer' is the definition.

'occupied court close to accused' is the wordplay.
'occupied' becomes 'satin' (a sit-in is a type of protest).
'court' becomes 'woo' ('woo' can be a synonym of 'court'**).
'close to' says to take the final letters (the close/ending of).
The last letter of 'accused' is 'd'.
'satin'+'woo'+'d'='SATINWOOD'

(Other definitions for satinwood that I've seen before include "Timber" , "Material valued for cabinetmaking" , "Cabinetmaker's raw material" , "Cabinet material" , "Hard material" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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