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Frustrate detectives needing a parking place (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

disappoint

'frustrate' is the definition.
(I know that disappoint has the is a more specific form of the action frustrate)

'detectives needing a parking place' is the wordplay.
'detectives' becomes 'dis' (Detective Inspectors, DIs).
'needing' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'parking' becomes 'p' (abbreviation on road signs).
'place' becomes 'point' ().
'dis'+'a'+'p'+'point'='DISAPPOINT'

(Other definitions for disappoint that I've seen before include "Let down" , "Fail to satisfy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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