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Policeman from Lima involved in case (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

plod

'policeman' is the definition.
(UK informal term for a police officer)

'lima involved in case' is the wordplay.
'lima' becomes 'L' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'involved in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'case' becomes 'pod' (pod is a kind of case).
'l' put inside 'pod' is 'PLOD'.

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for plod that I've seen before include "Walk doggedly" , "Work doggedly" , "grind away" , "Tramp along" , "Trudge - policeman" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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