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Alarming shifts, disputable (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

marginal

'disputable' is the definition.
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'alarming shifts' is the wordplay.
'shifts' indicates anagramming the letters.
'alarming' with letters rearranged gives 'MARGINAL'.

(Other definitions for marginal that I've seen before include "unsafe seat" , "Alarming (anag) - too small to matter" , "On the edges of" , "Borderline" , "on border" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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