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Fielder in error (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

slip

I believe this is a double definition.

'fielder' is the first definition.
(slip is a cricket fielding position)

'error' is the second definition.
(slip is a kind of error)

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for slip that I've seen before include "Lose footing as on banana skin" , "Error; watered clay" , "Glide; petticoat" , "shift" , "have an accident" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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