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Throttle left out - that's odd! (7)

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I believe the answer is:

strange

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'that's odd' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'throttle left' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'left' could be 'ran' (running is a kind of leaving) and 'ran' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'out' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for strange that I've seen before include "Slightly odd, a bit weird" , "Curious" , "- - Fruit (song)" , "Funny" , "Different" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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