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Party child loses footing — one to fall over? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

domino

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'loses footing one to fall over?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'party child' is the wordplay.
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'child' becomes 'mino' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'do'+'mino'='DOMINO'

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(Other definitions for domino that I've seen before include "Playing piece; mask" , "Small block with dots for table game" , "Loose cloak; game piece" , "Spotted piece used in a table game" , "Black and white game tile" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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