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Jacks support becoming more insane (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

loopier

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'more insane' is the definition.
('loopy' can be similar in meaning to 'insane')

'jacks support' is the wordplay.
'jacks' becomes 'loo' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'support' becomes 'pier' (type of structure).
'loo'+'pier'='LOOPIER'

'becoming' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for loopier that I've seen before include "More crazy" , "more unbalanced" , "Dafter" , "less stable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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