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Failing to follow advertisement's counsel (6)

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I believe the answer is:

advice

'counsel' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'failing to follow advertisement's' is the wordplay.
'failing' becomes 'vice' (I've seen this in other clues).
'to follow' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'advertisement' becomes 'ad' ('ad' can be a synonym of 'advertisement').
'vice' put after 'ad' is 'ADVICE'.

(Other definitions for advice that I've seen before include "Guidance; delivery note" , "Opinion given about what to do" , "tip" , "Counsel given" , "Admonition" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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