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Careful Checking Or Careless Mistake Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is OVERSIGHT which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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99%9Exact Match!
noun

• an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something

• management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group

• a mistake resulting from inattention

31%6 Sport that involves checking and body checking
noun

• a game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field; two opposing teams use curved hockey sticks try to drive a ball into the opponents' net

• a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled hockey sticks

31%10 Making a careless mistake
noun

• an embarrassing mistake

verb

• commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake

• make one's way clumsily or blindly

• utter impulsively

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The Guardian Cryptic12 Oct 2007 Down 6
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