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Arrive with grazier during fall (4,1,7)

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I believe the answer is:

come a cropper

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'fall' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'arrive with grazier during' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'arrive' could be 'come' (coming is a kind of arriving) and 'come' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for come a cropper that I've seen before include "Fail badly" , "Fail spectacularly" , "Suffer a defeat" , "Fall heavily and unexpectedly" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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