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A failure has to be wrong (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amiss

'to be wrong' is the definition.
('amiss' can be a synonym of 'wrong')

'a failure' is the wordplay.
'failure' becomes 'miss' (miss is a kind of failure**).
'a'+'miss'='AMISS'

'has' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for amiss that I've seen before include "Wrong - awry" , "inappropriately" , "Faulty" , "Not quite right" , "In an inappropriate way" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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