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Elected Tory toff going round Rugby is out of place (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

incongruent

'out of place' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'elected tory toff going round rugby' is the subsidiary indication.
'elected' becomes 'in'.
'tory' becomes 'con'.
'toff' becomes 'gent' (I've seen this in other clues).
'going round' indicates putting letters inside.
'rugby' becomes 'ru'.
'gent' going around 'ru' is 'gruent'.
'in'+'con'+'gruent'='incongruent'

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for incongruent that I've seen before include "Out of place" , "Not in harmony -- turning once (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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