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Cowards' sad return to darts organisation (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dastards

'cowards'' is the definition.
(dastard is a kind of coward)

'sad return to darts organisation' is the wordplay.
'return' is a reversal indicator.
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'organisation' is an anagram indicator.
'sad' reversed gives 'das'.
'darts' with letters rearranged gives 'tards'.
'das'+'tards'='DASTARDS'

(Other definitions for dastards that I've seen before include "Cowards" , "scoundrels" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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