Fails To Turn Out As Intended Crossword Clue

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	verb • sleep longer than intended
	30%	12		Perhaps 1p under fails, giving away more than intended
	noun • a slip-up that (according to Sigmund Freud) results from the operation of unconscious wishes or conflicts and can reveal unconscious processes in normal healthy individuals
	30%	11		Recorded and popularized the song 'Turn! Turn! Turn!'
	noun • United States folk singer who was largely responsible for the interest in folk music in the 1960s (born in 1919)

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The Guardian Cryptic06 Dec 2010	Across 11
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