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Too much foam: a drawback (7)

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I believe the answer is:

surfeit

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'too much' is the definition.
(a surfeit of something is too much of it)

'foam a drawback' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'foam' could be 'surf' (I've seen this before) and 'surf' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for surfeit that I've seen before include "Overindulge" , "it's more than one needs" , "Overindulgence" , "stuff, once" , "having had quite enough" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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