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Gives way and dies (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

succumbs

This clue is a double definition.

'gives way' is the first definition.

'dies' is the second definition.
(succumbing is a kind of dying)

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for succumbs that I've seen before include "Yields to pressure, capitulates" , "Gives in, yields to" , "Gives way to something overpowering" , "Gives in, to pressure say" , "Gives in (to temptation)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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