Was the DME on the field, or at another location?? If it was on the field i can't understand why its not used as part of the approach ie turn inbound at xDME and TOD at yDME.
And i think the only 'legal' answer is to miss the approach (if not visual obviously) when the DME fails otherwise you cannot 'find' the MAP.
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