CONTRACTION: "[fail to]" Crossword Clue

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CONTRACTION: "[fail to]" Crossword Answer

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CONTRACTION (noun)
1. the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
2. (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
FAIL (verb)
1. disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
2. be unsuccessful

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Down

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