Squad almost came back wasted (9)

Guardian Cryptic #29215 | 19 Across | 2023-10-31
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

A reversal (‘back’) of DETAI[l] (‘squad’) minus its last letter (‘almost’) plus ‘came’.

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