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7 Across, Imprisoned in short month, top-rank detectives get backing from the bench (8)

9 Across, Poor journo and his boss like a lot of voicemail (6)

10 Across, Stroppy woman finally regretted showing cunning (6)

11 Across, Superficial quote marks Socialist in U-turn (8)

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10 Shrew (regrette)d
11 Cosmetic - cite (quote) m(arks) Soc reversed

9 Hack Ed

7a: judicial = from the bench (def)
jul - short month (reversed)
al - top rank
cid - detectives (reversed)

9a: hacked = like a lot of voicemail (def)
hack -poor journo
ed - boss

Many thanks to you both.

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