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Give up after tax returns overlooked (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

forgotten

'overlooked' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'give up after tax returns' is the wordplay.
'give up' becomes 'forgo' ('forgo' can be a synonym of 'give up').
'after tax' becomes 'nett' (I've seen this before).
'returns' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'nett' written backwards gives 'tten'.
'forgo'+'tten'='FORGOTTEN'

(Other definitions for forgotten that I've seen before include "Gone from memory" , "Overlooked" , "Ignored" , "Neglected" , "left behind" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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