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Pass, slip, and fall down (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

collapse

'fall down' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'pass slip' is the wordplay.
'pass' becomes 'col' (col is a kind of pass).
'slip' becomes 'lapse' (lapsing is a kind of slipping**).
'col'+'lapse'='COLLAPSE'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for collapse that I've seen before include "Slump" , "Founder" , "fold" , "Fall down or lose strength suddenly" , "Fall or disintergrate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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