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A failure as a school teacher? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

miss

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This could be a double definition.

'a failure' is the first definition.
(I know that miss is a type of failure)

'a school teacher?' is the second definition.
'miss' can be an answer for 'teacher?' (a female teacher might be addressed 'miss'). I am not certain of the 'a school' bit.

'as' is the link.

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(Other definitions for miss that I've seen before include "Suffer from the lack of" , "Musical set in Vietnam" , "Fail to meet - girl" , "One is as good as a mile" , "Teacher" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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