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Appeal by English wicketkeeper to begin with is out of line (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

askew

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

'appeal by english wicketkeeper to begin' is the wordplay.
'appeal' becomes 'ask' (I've seen this in other clues).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'to begin' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'english wicketkeeper' is 'ew'.
'ask'+'ew'='ASKEW'

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for askew that I've seen before include "irregular" , "Lopsided" , "Not true" , "Out of line" , "Crookedly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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