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Hapless comic, floundering, concludes successfully (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

accomplishes

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'concludes successfully' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'hapless comic floundering' is the wordplay.
'floundering' is an anagram indicator (letters flounder or move around).
'hapless'+'comic'='haplesscomic'
'haplesscomic' with letters rearranged gives 'ACCOMPLISHES'.

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