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Male caught in snare uncon­scious, going to expire (4,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

time out

'expire' is the definition.

'male caught in snare unconscious' is the wordplay.
'male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'caught in' is an insertion indicator.
'snare' becomes 'tie'.
'unconscious' becomes 'out' ('out' can be similar in meaning to 'unconscious').
'm' put inside 'tie' is 'time'.
'time'+'out'='TIME-OUT'

'going to' is the link.

(Other definitions for time out that I've seen before include "magazine" , "Break" , "taken in sabbatical" , "Give up waiting" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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