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One coming out with lace undone — it's a fiasco (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

debacle

'a fiasco' is the definition.
('debacle' can be a synonym of 'fiasco')

'one coming out with lace undone' is the wordplay.
'one coming out' becomes 'deb' (I've seen this before).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'undone' indicates an anagram.
'lace' with letters rearranged gives 'acle'.
'deb'+'acle'='DEBACLE'

'it's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for debacle that I've seen before include "Humiliating failure" , "Total disorder or defeat" , "Sudden and violent collapse" , "Sudden disastrous collapse or defeat" , "Pasting" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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