Crossword Genius

You once linked with doing nothing may be giving up (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yielding

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'be giving up' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for yielding that I've seen before include "surrender" , "Bearing" , "Soft, rather than rigid" , "Amenable" , "Succumbing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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