Cause for failure Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% STRESS Cause for failure (6) Wall Street Journal May 16, 2020
32% CHAGRIN Feeling caused by failure (7) Family Time Aug 8, 2016
32% INABILITIES They cause performance failures (11) Universal Jan 5, 2015
23% KISSOFDEATH Do shake fist about cause of failure (11) The Telegraph Cryptic Feb 7, 2020
21% INFARCT Localised necrosis caused by failure of blood supply (7) (7)
21% ONTHEHEAD Knock here could cause hat failure? (2,3,4) (9)
21% FIASCO Uncertainty about terms of EFTA causes company's failure (6)
4% DUDS Failures (4) Universal Aug 29, 2025
4% DUD Failure (3) The Telegraph Quick Jul 14, 2025
3% ENGORGE Cause to swell (7) Commuter Sep 5, 2025

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