A number of old pants on guy, and all fail! (4,2,6)
I believe the answer is:
lily of laguna
'a number of old' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.
'pants on guy and all fail' is the wordplay.
'pants' is an anagram indicator (UK informal term for 'nonsense' or 'rubbish').
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'on'+'guy'+'all'+'fail'='onguyallfail'
'onguyallfail' is an anagram of 'LILY OF LAGUNA'.
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