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Be unsuccessful (4)

Ross

I think it could be either:

fail

lose

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">be unsuccessful</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for fail that I've seen before include "Don't succeed" , "Let down" , "Be unsuccessful, say in exam" , "Flunk" , "Be unable to achieve one's object" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal, The Guardian, the Newsday, the LA Times, The Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Evening Standard, The Mirror and The Irish Times.
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