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Lapse from close-catcher (4)

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slip

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(Other definitions for slip that I've seen before include "Slight error" , "Lose footing as on banana skin" , "Mistake -- small piece of paper" , "failure" , "Slight mistake" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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