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Copper cable clips onto plastic point (6,9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

police-constable

'copper' is the definition.
(I know that police constable is a type of copper)

'cable clips onto plastic point' is the wordplay.
'plastic' indicates an anagram (plastic can mean easily moulded).
'point' becomes 'e' (compass point).
'cable'+'clips'+'onto'='cableclipsonto'
'cableclipsonto' with letters rearranged gives 'policeconstabl'.
'policeconstabl'+'e'='POLICE-CONSTABLE'

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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