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Unfortunately have canal fall (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

avalanche

'fall' is the definition.
(I know that avalanche is a more specific form of the action fall)

'unfortunately have canal' is the wordplay.
'unfortunately' indicates anagramming the letters (a bad or unfortunate spelling).
'have'+'canal'='havecanal'
'havecanal' with letters rearranged gives 'AVALANCHE'.

(Other definitions for avalanche that I've seen before include "This dangerous flow from some peaks" , "Large mass of sliding snow or stone" , "Great snowfall" , "heavy snowfall" , "Large fall of snow or rocks" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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