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Miss out on prince's appearance? (8,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sleeping beauty

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'miss out' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'prince's appearance?' is the wordplay.
'prince's' becomes 'sleeping' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'appearance?' becomes 'beauty' (beauty is a kind of appearance).
'sleeping'+'beauty'='SLEEPING BEAUTY'

'on' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for sleeping beauty that I've seen before include "fairytale romance" , "fairy tale" , "Miss out" , "panto character" , "Fairy story character" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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