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Few odd classroom blunders indicating something bad could happen at any moment (5,2,8)

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I believe the answer is:

sword of damocles

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'something bad could happen at any moment' is the definition.
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'few odd classroom blunders' is the wordplay.
'blunders' indicates anagramming the letters.
'few'+'odd'+'classroom'='fewoddclassroom'
'fewoddclassroom' with letters rearranged gives 'SWORD OF DAMOCLES'.

'indicating' is the link.

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(Other definitions for sword of damocles that I've seen before include "precarious situation" , "Impending threat" , "imminent threat" , "Imminently impending peril, disaster" , "It was perilously poised overhead" .)

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