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Charity is oddly all amiss (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alms

'charity' is the definition.
(alms is a kind of charity)

'oddly all amiss' is the wordplay.
'oddly' means one should take alternating letters (letters in the odd-numbered positions are used).
'all'+'amiss'='allamiss'
The alternate letters of 'allamiss' are 'ALMS'.

'is' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for alms that I've seen before include "Relief for the poor" , "handed over as charity" , "help" , "Charitable aid to poor" , "Charitable donations to the needy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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