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Height of failure? Lie! (8)

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'height of failure?' is the definition.
'miss' can be an answer for 'failure?' (miss is a kind of failure). I am not sure about the 'height of' bit.

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(Other definitions for miss that I've seen before include "Lass" , "Fail to perceive" , "teacher's address" , "failure" , "Young woman" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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