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In case (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lest

'in case' is the definition.
(eg 'lest we forget')

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for lest that I've seen before include "To avoid the risk that - let's do it" , "For fear that (something should happen)" , "In order not to, say forget?" , "To avoid the risk that - we forget?" , "For fear that (something happens)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian, The New York Times, the Universal, the Penny Press, the Evening Standard, The Irish Times and The Mirror.
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