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Get part of the story wrong and it's nonsense! (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rot

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'it's nonsense' is the definition.
(rot can mean nonsense or rubbish)

'get part of the story wrong' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is located in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found within the answer.
A single letter 'r' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for rot that I've seen before include "Corruption" , "crumble" , "SECOND PART OF 25" , "Decay, moulder" , "Informal nonsense" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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