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Fail to attend again? That’s careless (6)

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I believe the answer is:

remiss

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

'fail to attend again?' is the wordplay.
'fail' becomes 'miss' (missing is a kind of failing).
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'attend again?' becomes 're' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'miss' after 're' is 'REMISS'.

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(Other definitions for remiss that I've seen before include "Wrong" , "Failing in one's duty" , "Negligent, slack" , "Derelict in duty" , "delinquent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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