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A close shave is wrong (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amiss

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'is wrong' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'a close shave' is the wordplay.
'close shave' becomes 'miss' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'a'+'miss'='AMISS'

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(Other definitions for amiss that I've seen before include "Wrong (a girl!)" , "Haywire" , "Not quite right" , "error" , "Wrong; inaccurate" .)

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