County needs magistrate, right away (4)

Times Cryptic #28557 | 24 Down | 2023-03-22
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Times for the Times have:

County in Ireland. MAYOR loses its R. Is a mayor a magistrate? A mayor used ex officio to have judicial powers in England but not any more. But no doubt some other mayors elsewhere do.

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