The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 plus 5 letter word KANGAROO COURT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result KANGAROO COURT
- Bouncer to try to win dodgy hearing
- Does it dispense rough justice in leaps and bounds?
- Is its rough justice dispensed by leaps and bounds?
- At which a bounder may be tried with unfair bias?
- At which skipper is likely to be judged unfairly?
- and 28 Across: Legal stitch-up in which you suppose some might get jumpy?
- Bounder to seek trial here?
- For a bounder, it's nothing — in short you can get instant justice here
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Legal stitch-up" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case legal stitch-up = kangaroo court.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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