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Winds up with part of a film on crime (5,2)

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I believe the answer is:

reels in

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'winds up with part' is the definition.
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'a film on crime' is the wordplay.
'a film' becomes 'reel' (reel is a kind of film).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'crime' becomes 'sin'.
'reel'+'sin'='REELS IN'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for reels in that I've seen is " Catches".)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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