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Receiving signal, criminal stamped in frustration (14)

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I believe the answer is:

disappointment

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

'receiving signal criminal stamped' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'signal' could be 'point' (point is a kind of signal) and 'point' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'in' acts as a link.

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

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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