Crossword Genius

Season failing to start for Bury (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inter

'bury' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'season failing to start' is the wordplay.
'season' becomes 'winter' (winter is a season).
'failing to start' means to remove the first letter.
'winter' with its initial letter taken away is 'INTER'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for inter that I've seen before include "foreign footballers" , "team from Italy" , "Entomb" , "Place in ground" , "Milan FC" .)

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