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Bungling copper caught scoundrel with gold (8)

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I believe the answer is:

clouseau

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'bungling copper' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'caught scoundrel with gold' is the wordplay.
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'scoundrel' becomes 'louse' (I've seen this in another clue).
'with gold' becomes 'au' (Au is the chemical symbol for gold. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'c'+'louse'+'au'='CLOUSEAU'

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(Other definitions for clouseau that I've seen before include "Peter Sellers' Pink Panther inspector" , "I'm no match for Morse" , "useless detective" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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