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Government error (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oversight

This clue is a double definition.

'government' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)

'error' is the second definition.
(I know that oversight is a type of error)

(Other definitions for oversight that I've seen before include "Innocent mistake" , "Supervisor's charged with this" , "Mistake resulting from inattention" , "Failure to notice - blunder" , "Shot giver due to unintentional omission" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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