Crossword Genius

The attire of failures? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

duds

I believe this is a double definition.

'the attire' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)

'failures?' is the second definition.
(dud is a kind of failure)

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for duds that I've seen before include "One assumes them" , "Bombs that fail to explode" , "Failures; clothes" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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