Looks good - "it's the last straw which breaks the camel's back", and isn't Jack Straw Minister of Justice, in charge of the police? - the anagram completes it - a clever clue.
I take it you are a newcomer to cryptics.
If so stick at them and they become addictive -- in a good way.
Will provide you with hours of innocent fun, broaden your mind and are said by the medics to be good exercise for the brain (like e.g. chess or bridge) as one gets older.
Hi pjgriffo, my brain has been underused for some time now due to the children and the fact that I haven't worked for nearly five years. Now that the youngest are not quite so demanding I needed something to occupy my time and get my mind working. I did try the crossword before the eldest was born (eleven years ago) but never got very far due to my lack of patience.
SH - practice makes perfect. With cryptic clues you need to read the obvious in an unobvious way. In the meantime, we're always here to try and help!
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Sherrard, I haven't always cracked it but I've found that I've got a lot better at cryptics just by looking on here, trying to help others, and looking at how other people solve the clues :-)
Thanks all - I will keep at it (it's either that or some sort of sewing/craft thing - and I am truly hopeless at crafty things, did try Lego Pirates of the Caribbean on the DS but had to keep asking the three year old to help me).