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Failure to combine love and work? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

omission

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'failure' is the definition.
(omission is a kind of failure)

'love and work?' is the wordplay.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'work?' becomes 'mission' (mission is a kind of work).
'o'+'mission'='OMISSION'

'to combine' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for omission that I've seen before include "Something lacking" , "Lack" , "Deficiency" , "Something left out or forgotten" , "Oversight, piece of work neglected" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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