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[RadiantSmile]

Answer is based on an idiom that has two hyphens and an apostrophe. The E's are in the Second,third, and next to last position. (Wales is somewhere in the word)
Failures in Conwy? (11 Letters) (OEESRLWEDNA)
_ E E _ _ _ _ _ _ E _

_ E E _ _ _ W A L E S ??

[vegasmad]

I keep thinking of ne'er-do-wells, or maybe ne'er-do-wales???
Probably completely wrong, but I thought I'd give it a go :-)

[Rollo]

Now that is a very clever answer.

[vegasmad]

Ah, but could it be right?

[RadiantSmile]

vegasmad
you were correct, it was ne'er-do-wales. The whole theme of the puzzles had to do with wales, so I knew that wales was some where in there. Thanks a bunch.

[vegasmad]

Happy (and slightly amazed) to have helped. :-)