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Mix-up in tax claim is something of a disappointment (10)

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anticlimax

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'a disappointment' is the definition.
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'mix-up in tax claim' is the wordplay.
'mix-up' is an anagram indicator.
'in'+'tax'+'claim'='intaxclaim'
'intaxclaim' with letters rearranged gives 'ANTICLIMAX'.

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(Other definitions for anticlimax that I've seen before include "Damp squib" , "disappointment" , "disappointing outcome" , "Disappointing result" , "Let-down after excitement" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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