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Obliquely question expert about the capital of Norway (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

askance

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'obliquely' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'question expert about the capital of norway' is the wordplay.
'question' becomes 'ask'.
'expert' becomes 'ace' (ace is a kind of expert).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'the capital of norway' becomes 'n' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ace' placed around 'n' is 'ance'.
'ask'+'ance'='ASKANCE'

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(Other definitions for askance that I've seen before include "(Look) suspiciously or sceptically" , "Look this way in doubt or suspicion" , "Sideways (of look)" , "(Look) disapprovingly" , "Sideways (of glance)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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