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Odds of guys accepting defeat in a photo finish?
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Odds of guys accepting defeat in a photo finish?
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THE ANSWER
GLOSSY
The definition
Our definition here is 'a photo finish?', and the question mark suggests we'll need to think a little laterally about what a photo finish might be.
This clue's fodder is 'guys' and 'defeat'. We'll use the letters from one (or some of them), along with a substitute for the other, to construct our answer, as guided by the clue's indicator(s).
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