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Bad luck if player gets these? (4,5)

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hard lines

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'bad luck' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for hard lines that I've seen before include "Script full of tongue-twisters?" , "Bad luck" , "Tough" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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