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Frustration caused by senior cop's job (14)

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I believe the answer is:

disappointment

'frustration' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'senior cop's job' is the wordplay.
'senior cop's' becomes 'di's' (detective inspector).
'job' becomes 'appointment' (appointment is a kind of job).
'dis'+'appointment'='DISAPPOINTMENT'

'caused by' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for disappointment that I've seen before include "Let-down" , "Setback" , "Frustration" , "unhappiness" , "Frustrating thing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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