The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word DÉBÂCLE
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More clues leading to the result DÉBÂCLE
- Failure of young socialite star to seal deal finally
- Reverse taxi into printer's sign? Disaster!
- Disaster when large taxi reverses into river
- Conservative perhaps lying over the European disaster
- Girl getting introduced by lecturer during professional disaster
- One coming out with lace undone — it’s a fiasco
- Extremely disconsolate graduate, regularly called a failure
- The Spanish half-heartedly taxied back to find disaster
- Girl joining society left in first-class mess
- Learner-driver and vehicle flipping over in river – disaster!
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The straight part
We know that "failure" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case failure = dÉbÂcle.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DÉBÂCLE mean?
DÉBÂCLE noun- An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences.
- A breaking up of a natural dam, usually made of ice, by a river and the ensuing rush of water.