High flier who fell (but not to earth) (6)

I believe the answer is:

icarus

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'high flier' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

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(Other definitions for icarus that I've seen before include "In Greek myth, he flew tooclose to the sun" , "Son of Daedalus whose wings melted fatally" , "foolish high-flier" , "He was killed flying" , "made a dangerous flight" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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