Failing to supply a bouquet? (9)
I believe the answer is:
odourless
'failing' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'a bouquet?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'bouquet?' could be 'odour' (bouquet is a kind of odour) and 'odour' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'less' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to supply' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for odourless that I've seen before include "not using scent" , "Unscented" , "devoid of smell" , "Without so much as a whiff" , "not raising a stink" .)