Avoided failure by journalist (6)

I believe the answer is:

missed

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'avoided' is the definition.
(missing is a kind of avoiding)

'failure by journalist' is the wordplay.
'failure' becomes 'miss' (miss is a kind of failure).
'by journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor. I am not sure about the 'by' bit.).
'miss'+'ed'='MISSED'

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(Other definitions for missed that I've seen before include "Overlooked ?- ?? but not forgotten!" , "came too late" , "Failed to catch" , "Felt the loss" , "Didn't attend" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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