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Poor net sales causing delay (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lateness

'delay' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'poor net sales' is the wordplay.
'poor' indicates an anagram.
'net'+'sales'='netsales'
'netsales' with letters rearranged gives 'LATENESS'.

'causing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for lateness that I've seen before include "Delay" , "Unpunctuality" , "behind" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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