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Policeman redirected persons to crime (9,5)

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I believe the answer is:

inspector morse

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'policeman' is the definition.
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'redirected persons to crime' is the wordplay.
'redirected' indicates an anagram.
'persons'+'to'+'crime'='personstocrime'
'personstocrime' is an anagram of 'INSPECTOR MORSE'.

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(Other definitions for inspector morse that I've seen before include "Fictional detective" , "Colin Dexter's hero" .)

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