Shopkeeper we hear being more offensive (7)
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I believe the answer is:
grosser
'more offensive' is the definition.
('gross' can be similar in meaning to 'offensive')
'shopkeeper we hear' is the wordplay.
'shopkeeper' becomes 'grocer' (I've seen this before).
'we hear' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'grocer' is a homophone of 'GROSSER'.
'being' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for grosser that I've seen before include "More corpulent" , "more vulgar" .)