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Plaintiff framing police officer increasingly in a lather (7)

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I believe the answer is:

sudsier

'increasingly in a lather' is the definition.

'plaintiff framing police officer' is the wordplay.
'plaintiff' becomes 'suer' (I've seen this in another clue).
'framing' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are framed by the outside letters).
'police officer' becomes 'DSI' (abbreviation for Detective Superintendent).
'suer' going around 'dsi' is 'SUDSIER'.

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