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Round gardens, sulphur smell is amiss (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

skewwhiff

'is amiss' is the definition.
(both can mean wrong or off)

'round gardens sulphur smell' is the wordplay.
'round' indicates putting letters inside.
'gardens' becomes 'kew' (Kew Gardens in London).
'sulphur' becomes 's' (synonyms).
'smell' becomes 'whiff' (whiffing is a kind of smelling).
's'+'whiff'='swhiff'
'kew' inserted within 'swhiff' is 'SKEWWHIFF'.

(Another definition for skewwhiff that I've seen is " Crooked - out of alignment".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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