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Cause of one's downfall (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

undoing

(Other definitions for undoing that I've seen before include "Cause of ruin" , "Taking apart" , "Ruin - disaster" , "(A person's) ruin or downfall" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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