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Vote in old police station introducing those synonymous with The Wire (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

electrics

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'old police station introducing those synonymous with the wire' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'vote' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'vote' could be 'elect' and 'elect' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in' is the link.

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(Another definition for electrics that I've seen is " circuits".)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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