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Win back pounds seized in a crime after resolution (7)

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I believe the answer is:

reclaim

'win back' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'pounds seized in a crime after resolution' is the wordplay.
'pounds' becomes 'l' (L can represent the monetary pound).
'seized in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'resolution' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'crime'='acrime'
'acrime' is an anagram of 'recaim'.
'l' placed into 'recaim' is 'RECLAIM'.

(Other definitions for reclaim that I've seen before include "I'm Clare (anag)" , "From sea, rescue" , "Bring under cultivation" , "Retrieve, recover" , "Get back (eg from the sea)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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