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Criminal’s endless desire to be involved in endless clamour (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

burglar

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'desire to be involved in endless clamour' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'criminal's endless' is the wordplay.
'criminal's' becomes 'burglar's' (burglar is a kind of criminal).
'endless' means to remove the last letter.
'burglars' with its final letter taken off is 'BURGLAR'.

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(Other definitions for burglar that I've seen before include "Thief (entering building)" , "House thief" , "He takes" , "Building robber" , "Housebreaker" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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