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Failure to concentrate missing out at end (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

intention

'end' is the definition.
(intention is a kind of end)

'failure to concentrate missing out at' is the wordplay.
'failure to concentrate' becomes 'inattention' (I've seen this before).
'missing out' is a deletion indicator.
'inattention' with 'at' taken away is 'INTENTION'.

(Other definitions for intention that I've seen before include "Aim, plan" , "Plan, purpose" , "goal" , "Design" , "Aim, purpose" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent and The Times.
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