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Recoil from disadvantage (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

drawback

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'disadvantage' is the definition.
(drawback is a kind of disadvantage)

'recoil' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'recoil' could be 'back' (jump back) and 'back' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'draw' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'from' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for drawback that I've seen before include "Fly in the ointment" , "Hindrance - disadvantage" , "Limitation, disadvantage" , "Snag" , "Disadvantage, problem" .)

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