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In case (4)

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I believe the answer is:

lest

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">in case</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(eg 'lest we forget')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for lest that I've seen before include "To avoid the risk that - let's do it" , "For fear that (something should happen)" , "In order not to, say forget?" , "To avoid the risk that - we forget?" , "For fear that (something happens)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times, the Evening Standard, the Penny Press, The Guardian, the Universal, The Mirror and The New York Times.
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