Crossword Genius

Failure overtakes our team again? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lapsus

'failure' is the definition.
('lapsus' is a Latin term meaning a failure)

'overtakes our team again?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'our team' could be 'us' and 'us' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'laps' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

(Other definitions for lapsus that I've seen before include "error" , "Slip" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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